Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Not a spider, but an arachnid, for our photos. Ixodes scapularis, female, black-legged tick, anterior/dorsal. She’s at about the 3 days of feeding development stage. She was on my dog. We have a dense rabbit population in our neighborhood.

• Submitted by: 
  
  tangledweb
• Submitted: Jan 3, 2019
• Photographed: Nov 15, 2018
• Spider: Acari (Mites and Ticks)
• Location: Nashua , New Hampshire, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: