Dog Tick - Ixodes canisuga
Length 2.8-3.2mm (unfed females), 2.0-2.2mm (males). Engorged females may be up to 8mm in length.
Other Ixodes species.
- No spurs on coxa 1
- Cornua absent
- Size and shape of the palps compared to the width of the basis capitulum
- Shape of coxa 1
- Degree of curve to the subapical hump of tarsus 1
Identification requires detailed examination of a specimen under a microscope.
On host animals, or where the hosts are found. Often found in kennels.
More prevalent in warmer months.
Hosts include dogs, foxes, badgers, sheep, horses and cats.
Widespread.
Rarely recorded in VC55.
David Gould
Braunstone, garden
16 June 2021
David Gould
Braunstone, garden
16 June 2021
David Gould
Braunstone, garden
16 June 2021
David Gould
Braunstone, garden
16 June 2021
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- Common names
- Dog Tick
- Species group:
- Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
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- Records on NatureSpot:
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- First record:
- 16/06/2021 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 16/06/2021 (Gould, David)
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