Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick, female ventral, about three days of feeding on my dog’s blood. I wish my neighbors would rake their leaves adjacent to my dog pen. Same individual as the dorsal photo I submitted. An arachnid, but not a spider. Some spiders hunt and eat ticks. Gotta love that!

• 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
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