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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Dermacentor » American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
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Interesting Tick - Dermacentor variabilis
Copyright © 2014 J. Anderson

Interesting Tick - Dermacentor variabilis
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
June 10, 2014

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Interesting Tick - Dermacentor variabilis Interesting Tick - Dermacentor variabilis
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Contributed by J. Anderson on 18 June, 2014 - 7:10am
Last updated 19 June, 2014 - 12:57pm

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This is a rather peculiar tick. Looks like much of the mouthparts are missing, which makes a definitive ID difficult.
Still, the shape, number of festoons (11), shape of basis capituli (what's left of it), and form of the spiracular plates best points to D. variabilis. There is no white here; could be due to age of specimen (or just a weird color form).

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… Blaine Mathison, 19 June, 2014 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

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