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Identification history
| Acari (informal subclass) | 4 Jul 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Ixodes holocyclus | 16 Jan 2022 | LisaH | ||
| Unverified | 16 Jan 2022 | LisaH |
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A tick saga. I noticed my head was sore, and we discovered this enormous tick happily feeding on my scalp and sharing its bacteria, because I became infected, and am currently on antibiotics. A day after discovering the tick, my face began to swell and I spent a night in ED on observation, and now on anti-histamines and steroids. The tick is being preserved, if there is any interest in IDing it.
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Other Arthropods Mites and Ticks (Acarina) LisaH South Coast NatureMapr
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