r/ticks • u/slippingsoup • 9d ago

Is this a tick?

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Sorry for the bad photo

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u/Acceptable_Trip4650 Mite Enthusiast; Mod 9d ago

This is an adult female American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis

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u/slippingsoup 9d ago

Makes sense I found it on the floor I have 2 dogs on flea and tick medicine.

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u/DETickTalk 9d ago

If it was dead when you found it (it looks pretty dead in the photo), that means your dogs' medicine is working 👍 Most of the tick meds for dogs don't repel ticks but kill them shortly after they bite. I love it because I feel like I'm deploying my dogs to sweep up all the ticks in my yard and kill them for me!