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Rhipicephalus sp.
And yet another very plain looking tick from Mlawula... Rhipicephalus is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks. Most are native to tropical Africa.
Spotted on Mar 20, 2014
Submitted on Apr 4, 2014
2 Comments
thanks Kate...
Probably Rhipicephalus sp. (Ixodidae) - brown tick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhipicephal...
http://www.ispot.org.za/species_dictiona...