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Ticks can be hard to spot but spread serious diseases. See pictures of what tick bites and rashes look like and get tips from experts on how to identify them.
With tick season right around the corner in most areas, we hope this tick-identification gallery will help you limit your risk and teach you a little more about these complex and creepy creatures.
The majority of tick species belong to the two families: Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks). The third living family is Nuttalliellidae , named for the bacteriologist George Nuttall . It comprises a single species, Nuttalliella namaqua , [ 12 ] [ 13 ] and as such is a monotypic taxon .
If you find a tick, act quick “Knowing how to identify ticks, prevent bites, and recognize the signs of illness is essential for a safe and healthy spring and summer,” Jarrell wrote in a release.
Ixodes scapularis is commonly known as the deer tick or black-legged tick (although some people reserve the latter term for Ixodes pacificus, which is found on the west coast of the US), and in some parts of the US as the bear tick. [2] It was also named Ixodes dammini until it was shown to be the same species in 1993. [3]
This makes the species difficult to distinguish from one another because most are quite similar, but individuals of one particular species can be quite variable. [3] [4] Ticks have traditionally been identified by examination of distinctive morphological features. Most of the characteristics used to identify species pertain to male specimens. [3]
To make tick bites even harder to identify, "ticks have factors in their saliva that prevent pain, clotting and an immune reaction,” Frye told TODAY.com previously. So, even if you have a tick ...
The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, [1] one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' ( Argasidae ), lack.