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  • Kangaroo Tick, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) julia_callow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Kangaroo Tick, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) pimelea, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Kangaroo Tick, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Jean and Fred Hort, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) pimelea, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Kangaroo Tick, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Jean and Fred Hort, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Kangaroo Tick, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) QuestaGame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Kangaroo Tick

Amblyomma triguttatum

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444 observations
Group
Arachnids
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About

Amblyomma triguttatum, commonly known as the kangaroo tick, is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma native to Australia. There are four subspecies, one or more of which might be separate species. The nominate subspecies is a vector for Rickettsia.

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