Ixodes sp. (genus)
5 A hard bodied tick at Undefined Area
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| Ixodes sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 14 May 2024 | |
| Ixodes sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 14 May 2024 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 13 May 2024 |
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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
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
- Less than 5mm Animal size
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- Featured LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ixodes sp. (genus) Mites and Ticks (Acarina) Other Arthropods
Species information
- Ixodes sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A hard bodied tick Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 813.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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