Amblyomma americanum
Lone Star tick
Probably the easiest tick to identify, The female Lone Star Tick has a white spot in the middle of her back during the adult phase.1
They are extremely voracious but fortunately do not seem to carry lyme or other dangerous diseases2
They live all across the eastern coast of the US, and through the midwest2
Kingdom: animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Amblyomma
Species: americanum
- https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/tickID.html
- https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyomma_americanum