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Photo by bradwatts
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Field Notes

Description:

Greyish or brownish in colour
Looks like a tick but not one I'm familiar with

Habitat:

Found in the woman's washroom in our school.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Christine Y.
This is actually a soft tick (Argasidae). Soft ticks don't have a scutum like hard ticks do. Also, you can't easily see the capitulum (mouthparts) on a soft tick because they are ventrally located.
Jellis
Well it could be a Dermacentor albipictus a species that came in from migrating birds.

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PublishedMarch 9, 2016

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