#4338 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Ornate Cow Tick
🇳🇱 Vlekkenteek ·Dermacentor reticulatus
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Евгений Скляр · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © shapomacro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Вячеслав Юсупов · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Michel Renou · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Dermacentor reticulatus , also known as the ornate cow tick , ornate dog tick , meadow tick and marsh tick , is a species of tick from the family Ixodidae. It is the type species for the Dermacentor genus.
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
- Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,960 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 (232 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Ornate Cow Tick
- Nederlands
- Vlekkenteek
- scientific name
- Dermacentor reticulatus
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Ixodida
- family
- Ixodidae
- sightings in NL
- 6
- sightings in Europe
- 2,440
- sightings worldwide
- 4,960
- GBIF records in NL
- 259
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Ixodidae
#4216 📷 8Castor Bean Tick
🇳🇱 Schapenteek
Ixodes ricinus
👀 107 in NL
#4410 📷 8American Dog Tick
Dermacentor variabilis
🌍 33.6k seen
#4421 📷 10Eastern Black-legged Tick
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse hertenteek
Ixodes scapularis
🌍 18.2k seen
#4433 📷 7Lone Star Tick
Amblyomma americanum
🌍 14k seen
#4388 📷 7Ornate Sheep Tick
Dermacentor marginatus
🌍 2.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 320832, Wikidata Q789598, GBIF 2183432, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.