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Dermacentor variabilis
inside my car... in Roanoke VA (western part of state, near Blue Ridge Mountains)
Four most common ticks in Virginia, USA are said to be Deer Tick, American Dog Tick, Brown Dog Tick, Lone Star Tick. I do not recognize this as any of those. Could this be a Rocky Mountain Wood Tick?
Spotted on Apr 30, 2016
Submitted on Apr 2, 2018
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Photo No. 1: is a very interesting, and a very educational photo....
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This looks like a male Dermacentor variabilis. You also have Amblyomma maculatum in VA, which look very similar to dog ticks. But, dog ticks have short, pyramid-shaped mouthparts, whereas gulf coast ticks have long, rectangular mouthparts.