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Ambylomma americanum
Gross tick. Mostly dark reddish-brown, but with some iridescent blue sheen to it. Actually sort of pretty, for a tick. You can tell it's male because it lacks the distinctive "lone star" spot on its back, which females have.
On a piece of rotting wood, under a couple inches of moist soil. Under logs, rocks, and leaf litter in shady part of woods.
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very pretty nasty little beast