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TIK start
Family:

Soft ticks
Hard ticks

Life stage:
Larvae
Nymph
Adult

Genera
Amblyomma
* Background

Boophilus
* Background
Dermacentor
* Background
Haemaphysalis
* Background
Hyalomma
* Background
Ixodes
* Background

* Species Identification
* Host animals

Rhipicephalus
* Background

Parasite Image Collection

 

 

TICK IDENTIFICATION KEY

Instructions

These are the basic instructions:

  • An index table such as the one on the left enables you to access a given topic immediately from every page.

  • Links at the bottom of the page allow you to return Home and open the Glossary, Anatomy and Reference pages at any given time.

  • To identify a tick start on the family page and follow the instructions given (by selecting pictures or links).

  • You should finally find a match among the species presented.

  • Additional information concerning tick biology and hosts targeted is also available in Background pages.

To begin tick identification go to identification of family page.

 

 

Ixodes ricinus larvae

dorsal view