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Common Name:
Lone Star Tick

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Ixodida
Suborder: Ixodides
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Ixodoidea
Family: Ixodidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Amblyomma americanum

Hodges No:

Location:
Ward Pound Ridge
Cross River, NY
USA

Date: 6/13/09

Stage:
Sex: Male
Notes: Found on myself, again!

Amblyomma americanum Ixodidae
Lone Star Tick
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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