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Greyish or brownish in colour Looks like a tick but not one I'm familiar with
Found in the woman's washroom in our school.
This is actually a soft tick (Argasidae). Soft ticks don't have a scutum like hard ticks do. Also, you can't easily see the capitulum (mouthparts) on a soft tick because they are ventrally located.
Well it could be a Dermacentor albipictus a species that came in from migrating birds.
Spotted on Mar 9, 2016 Submitted on Mar 9, 2016
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This is actually a soft tick (Argasidae). Soft ticks don't have a scutum like hard ticks do. Also, you can't easily see the capitulum (mouthparts) on a soft tick because they are ventrally located.
Well it could be a Dermacentor albipictus a species that came in from migrating birds.