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Castor Bean Tick

Ixodes ricinus

12,770 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 611, February 451, March 707, April 1,112, May 1,604, June 1,749, July 1,872, August 1,610, September 1,182, October 882, November 482, December 377.
United States12,639
Alaska12,639
Germany711
United Kingdom624
England427
France390
Austria258
Denmark231
Scotland170
Steiermark143

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
GenusIxodes

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