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Lone Star Tick

Amblyomma americanum

14,047 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 Alabama.January 355, February 384, March 404, April 707, May 499, June 325, July 269, August 258, September 343, October 364, November 290, December 299.
United States58,825
Alabama4,497
North Carolina4,130
Virginia1,543
West Virginia1,332
New Jersey1,237
Missouri1,108
Maryland951
Texas640
Tennessee632

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
GenusBont Ticks · Amblyomma

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