Kangaroo tick
A species of Ixodidae
Fred rescued me from this tick as it was walking on my trouser leg. ...but first he photographed it. :-)
We get quite a few of these in varying sizes. While this is an adult, it wasn't the largest we find. They bite and leave a welt for a number of weeks. No side effects other than that. The worst are the tiny ones that are hard to see, that embed themselves in our skin.
The large ones sometimes embed their heads under the skin. We put medical cream on them for 1/2 a minute or so, then pull them out with tweezers. Fred itches for days afterwards. :-(
Photo: Fred
Kangaroo tick
A species of Ixodidae
Fred rescued me from this tick as it was walking on my trouser leg. ...but first he photographed it. :-)
We get quite a few of these in varying sizes. While this is an adult, it wasn't the largest we find. They bite and leave a welt for a number of weeks. No side effects other than that. The worst are the tiny ones that are hard to see, that embed themselves in our skin.
The large ones sometimes embed their heads under the skin. We put medical cream on them for 1/2 a minute or so, then pull them out with tweezers. Fred itches for days afterwards. :-(
Photo: Fred