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    • Ácaros, garrapatas y parientes
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    • Mites and Ticks
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    • Acari

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Recent observations

Photos

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What

Deer tick

Observer

runs_w_wolves

Date

May 18, 2013 04:10 PM EDT

Place

Case Quarry, Portland, CT (Google, OSM)

Description

I spotted 2 deer ticks on my left leg.

Photos

Square

What

wood tick

Observer

rcurtis

Date

May 17, 2013

Place

Tallmadge, OH (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square 3 photos

What

American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis

Observer

gyrrlfalcon

Date

May 19, 2013 04:20 PM PDT

Place

1410 Cabrillo Hwy S, Half Moon Bay, California, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Pulled from my head

Photos

Square

What

Ticks (Order Ixodida)

Observer

charlie

Date

May 19, 2013 09:53 AM EDT

Place

Starr King Trl, Jefferson, New Hampshire, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Huge!

Photos

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What

Subclass Acari

Observer

bycidman

Date

May 12, 2013 02:05 PM EDT

Place

42.3188..., -71.008... (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Genus Eriophyes

Observer

fluffberger

Date

May 9, 2013

Place

Duff City, PA, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

Growing on chokecherry leaves.

Tags

spring, infestation, red, leaves, damage, wild

Photos

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What

American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis

Observer

redmonsterwithblueeyes

Date

May 12, 2013 11:21 AM EDT

Place

42.3161..., -71.008... (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square

What

Subclass Acari

Observer

bycidman

Date

May 12, 2013 11:29 AM EDT

Place

42.3148..., -71.013... (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square

What

Deer Tick

Observer

kylejones

Date

May 15, 2013

Place

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock, Vermont, US (Google, OSM)

Photos

Square

What

American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis

Observer

david_toledo

Date

May 15, 2013 10:32 AM CDT

Place

4408–4414 21st Ave, Mandan, North Dakota, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Male. Males have suspenders

Photos

Square

What

American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis

Observer

bycidman

Date

May 12, 2013 10:57 AM EDT

Place

42.3163..., -71.010... (Google, OSM)

Description

Awaiting a meal

Photos

Square

What

Dog Tick

Observer

feline

Date

May 12, 2013 01:14 PM EDT

Place

Thompson Island, Boston Harbor Islands, Massachusetts, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Found on my arm.

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Description from Wikipedia

Acarina or Acari are a taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks. The diversity of the Acari is extraordinary and its fossil history goes back to at least the early Devonian era; possibly even the Ordovician. As a result, acarologists (the people who study mites and ticks) have proposed a complex set of t