Kangaroo Tick (species: Amblyomma triguttatum) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
Animalia > Bilateria > Protostomia > Ecdysozoa > Arthropoda > Chelicerata > Arachnida > Ixodida > Ixodoidea > Ixodidae > Amblyomma > Amblyomma triguttatum (gallery)
Amblyomma triguttatum
Kangaroo Tick


©Jean Hort and Fred Hort: Kangaroo Tick (Amblyomma triguttatum)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Family Ixodidae
Genus Amblyomma
Species Amblyomma triguttatum

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Behaviour

They have an amazing ability to find people and crawl up legs hiding under clothing. Mostly you don't feel them crawling. Sometimes they drop off branches as you walk under or brush against them. We try to minimise this by spraying clothing with bug spray. (Jean and Fred Hort)

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