Thank you for helping with IDs! Ticks aren’t spiders, but they are arachnids. Mswati, I don’t know what tick-bourne diseases are in your area, and I highly recommend that you find that information. There are many diseases carried in the guts of ticks where I live and they can cause permanent illness and damage to the body. Possibly arthritis and heart damage, for example. So, this really is something to be afraid of. I found a nymph Black-legged Tick on my knee yesterday. It was from bushy grass in a cemetery, but I spent today trimming my neighbors’ grass to… Read more »
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That is a tick! They are parasitic and can spread diseases so be careful especially if it bit you or a pet. They are not spiders
Thank you for helping with IDs! Ticks aren’t spiders, but they are arachnids. Mswati, I don’t know what tick-bourne diseases are in your area, and I highly recommend that you find that information. There are many diseases carried in the guts of ticks where I live and they can cause permanent illness and damage to the body. Possibly arthritis and heart damage, for example. So, this really is something to be afraid of. I found a nymph Black-legged Tick on my knee yesterday. It was from bushy grass in a cemetery, but I spent today trimming my neighbors’ grass to… Read more »