#4433 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Lone Star Tick
Amblyomma americanum
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what is it?
Amblyomma americanum , also known as the Lone Star Tick , the Northeastern Water Tick , or the Turkey Tick , is a type of tick indigenous to much of the eastern United States and Mexico, that bites painlessly and commonly goes unnoticed, remaining attached to its host for as long as seven days until it is fully engorged with blood. It is a member of the phylum Arthropoda , class Arachnida . The adult lone star tick is sexually dimorphic, named...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 14,030 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lone Star Tick
- scientific name
- Amblyomma americanum
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Ixodida
- family
- Ixodidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 14,030
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Ixodidae
#4216 📷 8Castor Bean Tick
🇳🇱 Schapenteek
Ixodes ricinus
👀 107 in NL
#4338 📷 10Ornate Cow Tick
🇳🇱 Vlekkenteek
Dermacentor reticulatus
👀 6 in NL
#4410 📷 8American Dog Tick
Dermacentor variabilis
🌍 33.6k seen
#4421 📷 10Eastern Black-legged Tick
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse hertenteek
Ixodes scapularis
🌍 18.2k seen
#4388 📷 7Ornate Sheep Tick
Dermacentor marginatus
🌍 2.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 83744, Wikidata Q1948607, GBIF 2184301, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.