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Pacific Coast Tick

Dermacentor occidentalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 189, February 164, March 331, April 706, May 601, June 244, July 129, August 132, September 167, October 171, November 220, December 169.
California5,110
United States2,141
Nevada36
Oregon21
Mexico11
Baja California11
Utah2
Washington2

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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Practise Pacific Coast Tick with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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