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Ornate Sheep Tick

Dermacentor marginatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 27, February 53, March 116, April 85, May 59, June 9, July 2, August 8, September 41, October 49, November 39, December 18.
France506
Occitanie218
Spain179
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur133
Portugal132
Cataluña/Catalunya82
Italy64
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes54
Nouvelle-Aquitaine43
LISBOA32

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderTicks · Ixodida
FamilyHardbacked Ticks · Ixodidae
GenusDog Ticks · Dermacentor

Sources

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