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Ticks and Mites (Order Acarina)

Lone Star Tick (Amblyoma americanum), Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC.  This is magnified several times.  It's a major carrier of  Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in North Carolina. Female Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis), Bobbitt's Hole, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, 5/29/05.  Magnified about 2X.  Unlike the lone star tick on the left, this tick made its presence known before I saw it and put it on this rock. Dog Tick, probably originating at Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC, 7/9/06

 

Velvet mite (family Trombidiidae), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 6/16/07 Velvet mite, Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, Pea Creek Trail, 9/12/07.  This mite was caught in a web deserted by a spider.  I pulled it out of the web but don't know if it survived.

 

Velvet mite ,  Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access, 5/10/07.  This mite noticed a black object, probed it and left it behind.  The mite was about 3 mm long.

 

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