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  • May 11, 2013, 10:08 AM
    robertisland
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    Can anyone ID this?
    Found this in DC apt, sitting on a laundered shirt.

    Anything to be concerned about?

    Thank you,
    Rob
  • May 11, 2013, 10:28 AM
    tickle
    No, I cant, but was eating my lunch at the time your pic came up and thank god the resolution was poor. I hope odinn our expert can help with it.
  • May 11, 2013, 10:38 AM
    odinn7
    It looks like it's a dog tick. Only concern is if it's burrowing into you.
  • May 11, 2013, 11:07 AM
    tickle
    It is a dog, tick, or is it a dog-tick... sorry odinn I had to say that, bad weather has me in and not in the garden.
  • May 11, 2013, 02:43 PM
    Catsmine
    Names vary. In Michigan it's called a wood tick. In Carolina it's called a dog tick. It's one of the more common North American ticks, Dermacentor variabilis.

    Here's what the University of Florida has to say:
    American dog tick - Dermacentor variabilis (Say)
  • May 17, 2013, 05:36 AM
    robertisland
    Thank you very much, appreciate the ID

    Rob

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