Lone Star Tick, female
Amblyomma americanum
40.869, -72.5176
Field Notes
Description:
Small, flat body, eight legs with grasping hooks on the ends. Adult females have a single squarish white dot on the dorsum. Aggressive feeders that require deer to complete their life cycle but will feed on a variety of mammals and birds depending on stage of life. This species is not known to transmit Lyme disease but can be a transmitter of several other tick-born diseases.
Common in wooded areas.
Habitat:
Sears Bellows County Park, New York. Wooded campground.
Notes:
Pulled at least four of these buggers off me during the camping trip. I am a tick and mosquito magnet. :P
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 11, 2013
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