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Lone star tick

Amblyomma americanum

Photo by Amy20
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Field Notes

Description:

Tick, right?

Species ID Suggestions

Deer Tick

Ixodes scapularis
jbstrange2202
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Lone star tick

Amblyomma americanum

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Christine Y.
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Comments (6)
Amy20
Thanks Christine! I think you're right!
Christine Y.
This is actually a male Lone Star tick, not a Deer tick. Nice spotting, looks like a big one!
Amy20
Great. As if I wasn't paranoid enough about ticks around my kids' swingset, they're Lyme disease carrying massive deer ticks too. And this one was found on me and promptly flung into the rocks in a hilarious ninja move.

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PublishedApril 23, 2014

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