#dermacentor

[onenicebugperday]

Ornate cow tick, Dermacentor reticulatus, Ixodidae

Photographed in Belarus by shapomacro

(I’m not sure what’s going on in this photo since the photographer did not specify. Looks like there’s silk around the tick? And maybe also water? Hard to say.)

[snototter]

An American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) waits for a host to attach itself to in Brooklyn, New York, USA

American dog tick bites can cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

by Nova Patch

[razehider]

i have never reacted to anything with as much enthusiasm as the way ticks do when you approach a plant they're questing on. here's an example with this ornate sheep tick (Dermacentor marginatus) who immediately went into hug stance mode thinking i was going to walk another few centimeters forward with an oblivious look on my face. get your own blood, idiot

(October 13th, 2024)

[animalids]

Wood tick (Dermacentor variabilis) female laying eggs.

Photo by Bernard Lynch

[aardwolfpack]

I found this dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) crawling on me, so I put it in the freezer to kill it.  I took it out later that day to look at it with a magnifier, but it started moving again, so I put it back in for a few more days.  For some reason, both times it froze, it put its foremost limbs in this strange symmetrical position (fullview if you can’t see what I’m talking about).

This tick seemingly disappeared when I tried to flip it over to scan the other side.  It could still be alive, for all I know.

[onenicebugperday]

@gallifreyanconsultingphilosopher submitted: Found a tick in the yard! Looks like he was scratched off a deer. I submit it to eTick, a Canadian site for the identification and monitoring of ticks, and they told me it's most likely Dermacentor Andersoni but could also be Dermacentor Variabilis or Dermacentor Albipictus.

Their email gave me info on all 3 species, how you can be exposed and what they can transmit to humans and/or animals which I thought was cool and very helpful!

That is a cool resource! This is a pretty little friend, too bad they lost their delicious blood meal. Although better for the animal they came off of :)

[onenicebugperday]

Hey, got a bug pic from Drumheller badlands! I thought it might be a tick, though I was also sure we don’t have any in the area.

Sorry for the weird shadows, sun was setting. He was pretty small and kinda flat.

Yes, it’s definitely a tick. This is a male Dermacentor species, though I couldn’t say whether it’s a dog tick or a rocky mountain wood tick. You certainly have ticks there! Anywhere there’s wildlife there’ll be ticks, even in Antarctica!

P.S. - If you feel the need to make a negative comment on this post: don’t. I will block you. :)

[animalids]

Elephant tick (Dermacentor circumguttatus)

Photo by togbui