tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post4473108323374979400..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 34ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-2399251251341879942008-08-22T19:52:00.000-05:002008-08-22T19:52:00.000-05:00beautiful and creepy. no idea, just love looking a...beautiful and creepy. no idea, just love looking at your site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-45773995130118064592008-08-22T17:10:00.000-05:002008-08-22T17:10:00.000-05:00Hard-tick, female: that's as far as I think I can ...Hard-tick, female: that's as far as I think I can confidently go. Hope your well Bobbi and that your project is going well - kathrynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-73625698665057742932008-08-21T17:53:00.000-05:002008-08-21T17:53:00.000-05:00All I can say with reasonable assurance is that it...All I can say with reasonable assurance is that its an ornate, hard-bodied tick with festoons. However, if Karma 453 is correct, then I would add to the list of transmissable agents Rickettsia africae in the Carribean, which could potentially be the cause of African tick bite fever acquired outside of Africa . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-19081519754496773292008-08-20T20:20:00.000-05:002008-08-20T20:20:00.000-05:00It appears to be the tropical Bont tick (Amblyomma...It appears to be the tropical Bont tick (Amblyomma variegatum) which transmits heartwater disease in cattle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com