Found it on my son’s hair after a 10min visit to our veggies garden. My guess is that it might be a tick but we are not in an area of lime disease and although it’s an open, rather unkept, field the only mammals I see around are 2-3 stray(?) cats.

The photo was done using a stereoscope+smartphone. The dark lines underneath are .4 to .5 mm.

Any pointers would be welcome.

  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    Not an expert in ticks but I can say that is 100% some kind of tick.

    My best guess would be a Lone Star tick

    Note the similar pattern on its back.