Arachnids › Hardbacked Ticks
Eastern Black-legged Tick
Ixodes scapularis
18,428 observations in the source records
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 18,428 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
American Dog TickDermacentor variabilis
Castor Bean TickIxodes ricinus
Lone Star TickAmblyomma americanum
Brown Dog TickRhipicephalus sanguineus
Western Black-legged TickIxodes pacificus
Groundhog TickIxodes cookei
taiga tickIxodes persulcatus
Pacific Coast TickDermacentor occidentalis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 31,974 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 6,951 |
| Virginia | 3,666 |
| Maryland | 3,510 |
| Ontario | 2,731 |
| New York | 1,564 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,462 |
| West Virginia | 1,318 |
| Massachusetts | 1,257 |
| Quebec | 801 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Arachnids · Arachnida |
| Order | Ticks · Ixodida |
| Family | Hardbacked Ticks · Ixodidae |
| Genus | Ixodes |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Eastern Black-legged Tick with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.