Huge Tick
Found at Montagu Mountain Reserve, just north of Montagu. Western Cape, South Africa.
This is the biggest tick I've ever seen. It was crawling on the trail toward me as I was photographing something else. Don't know what the host could be. There were no large mammals other than human hikers in the area that I could see. The only other mammals I saw were what were possibly rock hyraxes.
Standard size water bottle cap was included for size comparison.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Huge Tick
Found at Montagu Mountain Reserve, just north of Montagu. Western Cape, South Africa.
This is the biggest tick I've ever seen. It was crawling on the trail toward me as I was photographing something else. Don't know what the host could be. There were no large mammals other than human hikers in the area that I could see. The only other mammals I saw were what were possibly rock hyraxes.
Standard size water bottle cap was included for size comparison.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.