Southern Reptile Tick
Profile
Southern Reptile Tick
Perspective; lower leg join
| Southern Reptile Tick Profile | | Southern Reptile Tick Perspective; lower leg join | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Ticks (Ixodida) | ||||
| Family: | Hard Tick (Ixodidae) | ||||
| Species: | Southern Reptile Tick (Bothriocroton hydrosauri) | ||||
| This Photo: | Posterior | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Interesting how ones 1st instinct is to try and remove this tick. However, they are just as much a part of our native world as the shingleback. There is very little information on ticks, etc, and without proper diagnostics we are just guessing that this is the species due to location & host; all engorged female ticks look pretty similar. Not the tiny legs in these photos, they have 8; as do all arachnids. | |||||
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