Can anyone ID this?

robertisland · May 11, 2013, 10:08 AM

Found this in DC apt, sitting on a laundered shirt.

Anything to be concerned about?

Thank you,
Rob

tickle · May 11, 2013, 10:28 AM

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.

odinn7 · May 11, 2013, 10:38 AM

It looks like it's a dog tick. Only concern is if it's burrowing into you.

tickle · May 11, 2013, 11:07 AM

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.

Catsmine · May 11, 2013, 02:43 PM

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)

robertisland · May 17, 2013, 05:36 AM

Thank you very much, appreciate the ID

Rob