Castor Bean Tick - Ixodes ricinus
Wood Tick
A species of hard bodied tick that may reach a length of 11 mm when engorged with a blood meal. Detailed examination is necessary for the safe identification of this species.
Rough grassland and woodland where suitable host species are present.
All year round.
Ixodes ricinus is a three-host tick: larvae, nymphs and adults feed on different hosts - whilst larvae and nymphs prefer small to medium-sized animals, adults tend to feed on large-sized animals. This tick species feeds on a broad range of mammals and birds and may bite humans.
Widely distributed throughout Britain and believed to be fairly frequent.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
sue
Bagworth
24 July 2019
Craig Mabbett
Broughton Astley Garden
31 August 2017
sue
Bagworth
24 July 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Sheep Tick, Castor Bean Tick, Pasture Tick
- Species group:
- Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Ixodida
- Family:
- Ixodidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 31/08/2017 (Mabbett, Craig)
- Last record:
- 24/07/2019 (Timms, Sue)
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