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taiga tick

Ixodes persulcatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 59, February 43, March 68, April 107, May 154, June 167, July 179, August 154, September 113, October 84, November 46, December 36.
United States1,210
Alaska1,210
Russia201
Sverdlovsk Oblast66
Altai Krai16
Tomsk Oblast15
Tyumen Oblast12
Kirov Oblast10
Irkutsk Oblast10
Chelyabinsk Oblast8

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

Sources

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