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Sheep tick

Ixodes ricinus

Photo by Pochempie
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Species ID Suggestions

Sheep tick

Ixodes ricinus

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Alex C.
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Alex C.
Positive. In the second photo you can clearly see it has eight legs. Then there's the typical mouthparts and that expandable "pouch" in the back. I'd suggest Ixodes ricinus, since it's widely distributed in Europe.
Alex C.
That looks like a nasty old tick :)

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Biodiversity in the Netherlands
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2013

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