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Spotting

Description:

Greyish or brownish in colour Looks like a tick but not one I'm familiar with

Habitat:

Found in the woman's washroom in our school.

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2 Comments

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 7 years ago

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.

Jellis
Jellis 8 years ago

Well it could be a Dermacentor albipictus a species that came in from migrating birds.

bradwatts
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bradwatts

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Spotted on Mar 9, 2016
Submitted on Mar 9, 2016

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