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8 comments:
Engorged Ixodes tick larvae, probably I. scapularis.
Baby Ticks! They are about the size of nymphs, but they look engorged. So, I will agree with the previous commenter, engorged larvae - possibly Ixodes.
They look like larval ticks, since they have 6 legs and one body part.
I would favor soft tick larva, in the Argasidae family instead of the Ixodidae (hard ticks).
Wow, spring has started with a tick assault. Definitely these are engorged, happy hard ticks with the head visible from the dorsal aspect. The well fed ticks make the differentiation of the genus a little difficult since we cannot clearly see the anal groove. My best guess is that they possibly belong to the genus Ixodes as we do not have a detailed morphology of the head and basi capitulum.
Florida Fan
The baby blood suckers...hard ticks I'd say
The baby blood suckers...hard ticks I'd say
Tick larvae, recently fed. I think they are ixodes sp based on capitulum.
Larval ticks, I also think Ixoides.
Lee
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