Gopher Tortoise Tick

[Maro2Bear]

Greetings.

This info was posted on Twitter today by the Orianne Socierty. That looks like one nasty tick! @zovick



Fyi on Orianne Society - https://www.oriannesociety.org/

 

[zovick]

Greetings.

This info was posted on Twitter today by the Orianne Socierty. That looks like one nasty tick! @zovick

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Fyi on Orianne Society - https://www.oriannesociety.org/

Yes, that is a fully engorged tick. It seems like a very strange location for it to have attached to the tortoise, too. They are usually on the skin, such as on the neck or in the leg cavities rather than on scaled surfaces like the head.

At any rate, being that full, it should be getting ready to detach and drop off soon.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Greetings.

This info was posted on Twitter today by the Orianne Socierty. That looks like one nasty tick! @zovick

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Fyi on Orianne Society - https://www.oriannesociety.org/

Man
That's like having a grapefruit stuck on your face