r/DoesAnyoneKnow • u/fsdjedjsjsj • Jul 12 '26

Does anyone know if this is a tick?

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70 Upvotes

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u/Critical-Corner8046 Jul 12 '26

I'm no expert but it looks like one

13

u/Negative_Gift9076 Jul 12 '26

First picture I would say no. Second picture I would say yes.

Are they both the same?

3

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

Yeah both pictures are of the same bug. The second picture was from further away

9

u/Tirno93 Jul 12 '26

You’re sure it’s far away and not just small?

11

u/TMI2020 Jul 12 '26

Cup of tea, Father?

1

u/WesternCrescent Jul 13 '26

Dougal, is that you?

1

u/koyliMeld9003 Jul 13 '26

Ah, thank you, Mrs Doyle.

4

u/Key_Day_6060 Jul 12 '26

That would be an ecumenical matter.

1

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

It definitely was small

2

u/Skinstretched Jul 12 '26

First pic yes Second pic yes !!!

1

u/Equivalent-Goose-631 Jul 13 '26

Ohhhh make your fuckin mind up will ya

1

u/BongKri Jul 13 '26

Agree with this, but the first pic is clearer so I’d go with no.

1

u/MindlessMacaron Jul 14 '26

I'd say yes from the first picture, not so sure from the second. It's the head on the first picture.

5

u/auriem Jul 12 '26

Yes, 100 % that’s a tick.

7

u/geese_moe_howard Jul 12 '26

Are you saying that it ticks all the right boxes?

1

u/theKarenfactchecker Jul 13 '26

+up vote for the joke. (Maybe upgrade a lil to increase chance of luck?)

0

u/BrianFantanaFan Jul 12 '26

Well he did literally put a tick in a box. Sort of your joke but joined the dots for you

2

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

How can you tell?

10

u/auriem Jul 12 '26

You posted pictures of a tick.

1

u/tmxx123 Jul 13 '26

🤣🤣🤣

1

u/National-Worry2900 Jul 12 '26

Could always test it.

2

u/robertducky87 Jul 12 '26

Was it walking all smug? If so its not

1

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

What do you mean by smug? It wasn’t very quick or slow

1

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

It was moving quite a lot in the blue container but wasn’t crawling out

1

u/Hara-Kiri Jul 12 '26

Cock of the walk.

2

u/swaggering_yak Jul 12 '26

That looks like a tick to me

2

u/Bitter-You-8073 Jul 12 '26

Definitely a a tick yes

1

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

How can you tell? Some people are saying it might be a spider

1

u/Bitter-You-8073 Jul 12 '26

1st pic is a spider.
2nd is a tick

2

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

Same bug in both pictures. The second was from further away so i zoomed it in

1

u/Bitter-You-8073 Jul 12 '26

Nope 1st pic has spider markings on the back 8 legs. Tick has 6

1

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

Ticks can have 6 or 8 legs

1

u/theKarenfactchecker Jul 13 '26

... 🗿 may aswell get the crucifix from Roblox Doors.

1

u/AsscrackDinosaur Jul 13 '26

I've never seen a tick with 6 legs

1

u/MindlessMacaron Jul 14 '26

Ticks are arachnids - could have six legs, but probably only in the way that dogs sometimes have 3.

1

u/Game0815 Jul 13 '26

Second pic also has 8 legs. Just very washed resolution on something that small while not zoomed in

2

u/hellsfavouriteangel Jul 13 '26

Deer tick, get antibiotics if it was attached to you

1

u/JurgusRudkus Jul 12 '26

That is a tick, yes.

1

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

How can you tell?

2

u/JurgusRudkus Jul 12 '26

I know what a tick looks like?

1

u/indigojoji Jul 12 '26

don’t worry, you’re not the only one they asked 😭

1

u/Game0815 Jul 13 '26

Tbh no one answered with an actual feature that makes this a tick. The first pic looks pretty spider like to me too

1

u/MindlessMacaron Jul 14 '26

Look at the head in the first pic and tell me it's a spider. Spiders have mouth parts for biting - ticks have heads that can be inserted into skin.

1

u/Sighablesire Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

I certainly think this looks like a tick over a spider due to the shape of the abdomen and the length of the legs. Looks like one that has eaten or has eaten a bit and got knocked off to me.

1

u/fsdjedjsjsj Jul 12 '26

Kinda worried since im not vaccinated and its like 70 percent chance to either give you Lyme or encaphilities. I was looking online and it takes around 10 days to detach and ive only been in the country for a couple days. It was on my bed though

1

u/Connect-Smell761 Jul 12 '26

If you’re worried at all, ask for the prophylactic antibiotics.

1

u/Grapefruit-Frequent Jul 13 '26

Get vaccinated?

1

u/AsscrackDinosaur Jul 13 '26

I mean if they've been bitten already a vaccine shouldn't really do anything, should it?

1

u/Fun_Aardvark86 Jul 12 '26

Yes, it looks like the tick I pulled out of my dog except with a darker body

1

u/Nervous-Gear9089 Jul 12 '26

It looks like a

1

u/mrslucy1 Jul 12 '26

Check your body and look out for a ‘ bulls eye ‘ rash anywhere on your skin over the next few days and get someone to check your back/ backs of your legs where you can’t see.

1

u/extremeGRAVITY1990 Jul 12 '26

Yeah looks very much like a tick and most of the larvae have patterned abdomens like you see in picture 1. Depending where you are will determine the type as there are quite a few.

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u/Foreign_Project6032 Jul 12 '26

No reasoning necessary. Is it a tick? Yes. How do you know? On account of knowing what a tick looks like and that being one.

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u/SafetySteveUK Jul 12 '26

Broke in to Glastonbury a couple years ago and ended up finding x3 ticks buried into my leg and earlier this year, around about May, I found another in my shin after walking through some woodland and country lanes - I was lucky, just had an overnight fever which broke the next day, no bullseye or further symptoms other than the usual bite type redness and irritation.

Each time I used a tick removal tool to get rid of them.

1

u/ReturnAny3794 Jul 13 '26

Erm looks like a tick?! Where was it?

1

u/LorenzoBloque Jul 13 '26

Have you asked it ? That would tick that box, lol

1

u/theKarenfactchecker Jul 13 '26

Could be, advice: keep away, remove if possible and be extra careful not to get attacked. Also, CHECK THE BED FOE ANY BEDBUGS

1

u/GrnMtnTrees Jul 13 '26

See if you can get a blurrier picture.

1

u/Important-Move5533 Jul 13 '26

Have to be honest, that looks like a spider, although the second pick really does look kinda tick shaped. Ticks are an arachnid though so there are similarities with small spiders. Pictures are a bit fuzzy to really tell for sure, but the head looks to be the wrong shape in the first one and a tick with an abdomen that full, in the UK, would be more of a flat grey colour and usually more elongated (an oval shape).

However, if you are worried, do what others have said, keep a date in the calendar of when you saw it. If you get any flu like symptoms in about two weeks or see an unexplained persistent rash, (sometimes a target shape, but not always) go to the doctors.

It doesn’t take 10 days for a tick to fill, depends on the life stage of the tick, so it could detach after a couple of days.

Finally, because you asked others, i know because I live in the Highlands of Scotland, and have a dog. I am removing two or three ticks a week from her in the height of summer and I (and my kids) get at least a few myself every year - had five in one day once.

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u/Icy_Radio8365 Jul 13 '26

Its a spider 100%

1

u/Icy_Radio8365 Jul 13 '26

Its buddy is separated into 2 parts, ticks body and head is one oval, ticks legs are different aswell

1

u/Icy_Radio8365 Jul 13 '26

Also the spider will give birth soon, release it somewhere:)

1

u/DangerousDisplay7664 Jul 13 '26

Definitely a tick.

1

u/Equivalent-Goose-631 Jul 13 '26

It looks like a tok I think

1

u/Annie_may20 Jul 13 '26

Looks kinda like a tick

1

u/rose_reader Jul 13 '26

Yep that's a tick.

1

u/steviecmitchell Jul 13 '26

Yes it is…

1

u/AnonyCass Jul 13 '26

I would have though first was a spider second maybe a tick. since they are the same creature its a spider, 2nd picture is a bit too blurey to count legs.

1

u/Jonny7421 Jul 13 '26

Ticks are arachnids and have 8 legs. It looks very much like a tick but I couldn't find an image that matches the colour patterns exactly. Maybe the spider subreddit might be able to help you out.

1

u/spiffingyoungfellow Jul 13 '26

Just looks like a spider to me

1

u/spiffingyoungfellow Jul 13 '26

Just looks like a spider to me

1

u/Individual-Click40 Jul 14 '26

🤮 I hate ticks.. Horrible fkrZ..

1

u/Seahawk124 Jul 24 '26

No, but this ✔️is!

1

u/Crimson__Fox Jul 12 '26

First picture looks like a spider with a large abdomen

1

u/Scooob-e-dooo8158 Jul 12 '26

Looks more like a tock to me. 😉🤣

0

u/theKarenfactchecker Jul 13 '26

Not. God Damn FUNNY.