I thought this was a chigger until I managed to catch one on a piece of tape and scanned it in to enlarge it. It is about the size of a chigger - very tiny. There are 3 spots on its back and I saw no spots on the chiggers and it wasn't shaped like the pictures of chiggers I found. Any help in identifying it is appreciated.

Hi! jcook462, and welcome to AMHD :)

I'm thinkin' the "dreaded brown dog tick" :eek:


Brown Dog Tick (http://www.health.state.ri.us/disease/communicable/lyme/browndogtick.php)

K

Looks like a brown dog tick or perhaps a black legged tick.

Image Search Results (http://www.goodsearch.com/searchimage.aspx?keywords=black+legged+tick)

Brown Dog Tick. Just pulled one out of my hair the other day. YUCK!!