Dermacentor variablis

American dog tick

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Kevin Crowley, University of Michigan
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Crowley, K. 2001. "Dermacentor variablis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 25, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dermacentor_variablis.html. 

 

Hard body is divided in two segements with eight legs, the cephalothorax and abdomen are fused with no sign of external division. Most ticks are flattened dorsoventrally in unfed state, then bloat out to rounded state as they feed. Often with white pattern on brown dorsal plate. Highly visible mouthparts, unlike soft-bodied ticks.

 
"Dermacentor variablis". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/2922827". Accessed 18 Mar 2010.