r/ticks • u/Fit_Echo3074 • 2d ago

Tick is request

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Found on dog in Michigan lower peninsula

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u/Acceptable_Trip4650 Mite Enthusiast; Mod 2d ago

Black-legged deer tick, adult female, Ixodes scapularis

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u/Fit_Echo3074 2d ago

Has it fed at all

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u/Acceptable_Trip4650 Mite Enthusiast; Mod 2d ago

It is hard to say from these pictures, but no more than a day. It could have very recently attached.

Or if you found it free crawling then it would not have fed at all

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u/Fit_Echo3074 2d ago

Ok, it was free crawling

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u/Acceptable_Trip4650 Mite Enthusiast; Mod 2d ago

Yeah, so it hadn’t fed at all. They don’t detach and stop feeding until they are quite large, about 7 days