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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Amblyomma » Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
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Lone Star Tick - Amblyomma americanum - male
Copyright © 2014 tom murray

Lone Star Tick - Amblyomma americanum - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 17, 2014
I found this tick attached to me, and at first thought it was a blacklegged tick because of the small size. Is this just an early instar American Dog Tick?
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 May, 2014 - 10:14pm
Last updated 23 May, 2014 - 5:21pm

Geolocation of attachment?
Tom, I know this was ages ago, but I am curious as to whether you feel confident that this tick came from somewhere local to Groton, or if you might have picked it up in the southeastern part of the state?
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 13 October, 2020 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

 
Groton area
I checked the photos I took on 5-17-14 and the two previous days. All those were taken in Groton and a few from Pepperell, Ma.
It looks like it must have come from this area.
… tom murray, 13 October, 2020 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hard Ticks.
Thanks Jon.
… tom murray, 23 May, 2014 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

Male Amblyomma americanum adu
Male Amblyomma americanum adult
… Jon Oliver, 23 May, 2014 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

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