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Tick

Description:

very large tick, almost 1cm in diameter

Habitat:

rainforested mountains

Notes:

this is one of the biggest ticks I've ever seen, you felt it when they bite you! it was the dry season in Guyana and the Aranaputa mountains were crawling with ticks.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Tick
trailblazr
trailblazr 3 years ago
Bont tick
Amblyomma


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Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana

Spotted on Feb 11, 2011
Submitted on Apr 11, 2011

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