Ornate Sheep Tick

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 2,241iNaturalist observations

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.
• 🌍2,241 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Johann Heinrich Sulzer in 1776 (250 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Ornate Sheep Tick

scientific name

Dermacentor marginatus

class

Arachnida

order

Ixodida

family

Ixodidae

sightings in NL

0

sightings in Europe

1,254

sightings worldwide

2,241

GBIF records in NL

14

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1776 by Johann Heinrich Sulzer