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I looked at these sites, but I don't see any ticks that look like the one that was attached to my future son-in-law's stomach.
My daughter actually saw the "tick" because he saved it, so that she could see it.
She also looked at the websites - but can't find any that look like the culprit.
He now has a little red bump where it was attached - he said he had to pull it off of his stomach - it was definitely attached....
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I would try looking at pics of the spider family. I just did a search and there was many yellow spots spider sites.
Spider bites need to be watched. Many people are told by their docs that their bite is a spider bite and 10 days abx is all that's needed for the rash or bite.
Well, I wonder what that spider was feeding on before it feed on some human? Spiders carry some nasty bacteria, parasites and such.
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Could you please list what pathogens a spider might carry? Thanks.
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Dolphin, it would be according to what the spider had been feeding on in it's nasty life. Here's a very experienced lyme literate doc list of some pathogens and spider.
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Were the spots on the top of the tick or on the abdomen? Just curious. I have seen black widow spiders with several yellow spots rather than red on the abdomen, but spiders don't stay attached to the skin. Hiker
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Well, if they saved the tick, why not take it in to their County Extension Agent and see if it can be indetified?
In the meantime, if it were me, I would be be on some natural Lyme/TBD preventative stuff. There have been several discussion about prevention recently.
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quote:Originally posted by Truthfinder: Well, if they saved the tick, why not take it in to their County Extension Agent and see if it can be indetified?
Excellent idea!
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Not sure what species of tick this is but it is yellow. Maybe you saw one of these with a mixture of markings.
Could it have been a weevil or a chigger?
Do you have a nearby university with an entomology department. I'd be interested myself to know if it was a tick. That was a smart young man for saving it.
A black ladybug with yellow spots can look like an engorged tick also.
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Adult Female Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum
Adult Male Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum
Dog Tick
Yaa Chil biya Tick
American Dog Tick
Males of 3 different species of the genus (Amblyomma (Bont ticks)
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Does it look at all like an American dog tick?
We've found a couple of ticks that don't look like any of the pictures--they aren't as round as Lone Star ticks and don't have the big white spot, but they have sort of a beige evenly spaced spotted pattern--like armour--look on the back.
They're smaller than brown dog ticks, which can have a random swirled sort of dark/light coloration, but they do have reddish brown legs, whereas the Ixodes types have black legs.
It's confusing, because male and immature adult ticks don't look exactly like the larger females (of any type) which are more likely to be in pictures.
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Dermacentor andersoni nymph.
Dermacentor andersoni (Blown up nymph)
Female Dermacentor andersoni
Dermacentor andersoni Both.
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On Left Deer Tick Female Ixodes scapularis On Right is Ornithodoros hermsi
Male & Female Deer Tick
Ixodes damini
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The female Paralysis tick,Ixodes holocyclus Australia
Ixodes-ricinus (looks exactly like our deer tick)
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Dermacentor rhinocerinus
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Wow.
I have to say, at first they looked grotesque but after a while, yes, some of them did look beautiful!!!!
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OK...You two are making me nauseous!!!!! One of those HAS to be it!!!
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Oh my, the enemy. They are so evil. Ditto Lymetoo.
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Dermacentor albipictus
Dermacentor circumgutattus
SheepTick Dermacentor marginatus
Dermacentor parumapertus
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Could skin mites be another the reason families get lyme ?
Chigger Mites Arachnida > Acari > Trombiculidae
cayenne tick Arachnida > Acari > Ixodidae
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And for the unbelievers that deer are part of the spread.. Females on ear of hunter-killed white tail deer, Warren county New Jersey
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quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo: Where's ArtnSoul???
I dont know?
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Acari Checklist Preliminary List of the Parasitic Mites and Ticks of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Family Ixodidae Amblyomma americanum Dermacentor albipictus Dermacentor variabilis Haemaphysalis leporispalustris Ixodes angustus Ixodes cookei Ixodes scapularis Ixodes texanus Family Laelapidae Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (=A. glasgowi) Androlaelaps casalis Eulaelaps stabularis Laelaps kochi Laelaps stupkai
Family Myocoptidae Myocoptes musculinus Family Scutacaridae Acarapis woodi (Rennie, 1921) Family Trombiculidae Trombicula(Leptotrombidium) sp.
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The family Ixodidae is represented in California by the following taxa:
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Sorry it took me a while to check this out - What are these little buggers?!!
My daughter says that this IS what was on her fiance's abdomen!
Where did you find these pics? I wasn't able to find any that looked like these. Thanks so much, ArtnSoul
P.S. As for the Questions where I was - I apologize - life is really hectic lately - I now have a part-time job. (because I have to work - we need the money - but it is taking it's toll) So, I have a lot of "down" time. There is no way that I could work full-time....
anyway - sorry for the lack of "presence"
quote:Originally posted by imanurse: How about these?? Aren't they cute??
Dermacentor circumgutattus
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