5 A hard bodied tick at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Ixodes sp. (genus) | 14 May 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Ixodes sp. (genus) | 14 May 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 13 May 2024 | LisaH |
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User's notes
A surprise hitch hicker on a family member. I'm assuming this is a tick, and am hugely interested in the ID - I thought Canberra was too cold for ticks, but I suppose it depends on the tick and the host animals?
2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
15 May 2024
The paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus is largely confined to coastal bushland and adjacent ranges but local marsupials carry other species of hard tick in the ACT. Photographic ID guides can be accessed on the internet
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093188-35.328495
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 May 2024 11:15 AM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Featured Other Arthropods Mites and Ticks (Acarina) LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Ixodes sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A hard bodied tick Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 642.72m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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