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Order Ixodida - Ticks

Soft Ticks · Hard Ticks

Family Argasidae - Soft Ticks
Soft Tick - Carios kelleyi Dusty Tick in Sunol Regional Wilderness Soft Tick - Argas Argas Mystery parasite in my house Spinose ear tick - Otobius megnini Spinose ear tick - Otobius megnini Carios

Family Ixodidae - Hard Ticks
Tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - male tiny - Amblyomma americanum - male Tick found on a child's arm - Dermacentor Deer Tick - Ixodes scapularis Amblyomma cajennense - male Ixodes? - Ixodes Tick - Dermacentor


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