Pacific Coast Tick, Dermacentor occidentalis

It's that time of year again for all those who hike on the West coast.

[wahyu]

great macro! how big is this? looks so tiny....

[Kerri]

Great closeup!!!

[Robert Velten]

@wahyusp It was about 2.5mm long. This is a male, females are larger.

[molizard]

Great shot of this tiny guy! My son seems to be a tick magnet, so as long as I bring him along........

[Aaron Renfro]

Nice shot! Is that a sock it's crawling on?

[Bill Dodsworth]

Creepy! Nice capture

[Emeraldboots]

Yikes! This is scary!

[Heidi]

Parasite!

[Angie]

Nasty things!

[Roe Jan]

Great shot! We don't have this type of tick in the east, but we have plenty of others and they do cause trouble!!

[Margaret Tryon]

We have deer ticks in NY. Great shot of a creepy insect.

[Henriette Sparkes]

Never seen such a detailed photo of a tick, stunning but scary! My husband has had tick bite fever twice :-(

[John Guerin]

Good close-up.

[Ellen Chasse]

Eww, nasty little buggers. Good close up though!

[Robin]

Great macro of this horrible little creature.

[Brad Johnson]

Guess it's better to be ticked off than ticked on. Or something like that...

This is closer than I like to be to a tick.

[Halcyon49]

Gaaah! HATE ticks! Good shot but.

[Kimmi]

Do you have any more good tick photos?

[Robert Velten]

@kimmistephens Yes, some more on fabric and one on a grass stem. Rather shallow depth of field on some as it was shady where I found questing ticks. Will have another chance to take pics next week. Need some for your talk?

[Kimmi]

@robv Can I borrow some for my talk. One of the profs I am rotating with said to not use too many photos that you or some you know didn't take.

[Bugik]

Creeppppy! Ha ha man, you're brave!