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Massive tick

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challengeyourreality · 20/04/2019 23:15

Never seen one like this, found it among our washing tonight. I always check the DC well so it must be from myself or DH or brought in from outside. Not sure how likely it is to find it's own way into the house. It's definitely an adult and was quite fast.
Wwyd? As I don't know if it ate from one of us and I'm worried about chances of Lyme disease. I also don't know what kind of tick it is as I don't recognise it -- it doesn't seem like the typical ones around here. Does anyone recognise it and if so could you name it please?

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MitziK · 29/04/2019 02:09

Looks most like a sheep or hedgehog tick to me. And that it's well fed.

My GP will see and treat anybody if they mention being bitten by a tick even without any rash. If you're in an area that is well known for ticks, you might have similar success.

Smotheroffive · 29/04/2019 03:13

You'd know if it had bitten one of you.

I imagine it's fallen off an animal and you've picked it up on your clothes in passing which is how most get picked up.

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:18

Is anyone actually looking at this pic, and this non tick bug, look again!

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Flower777 · 29/04/2019 03:19

It doesn’t look like a tick to me. The legs I mean? It looks more like a spider?

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:24

This is a tick, you have met a bug. Spider maybe?

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Smotheroffive · 29/04/2019 03:32

It's a tick.

Smotheroffive · 29/04/2019 03:33

Needs a decent close up p ic though

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:37

I would say ticks don’t have legs like that, but photographing on pink folded sheets makes Zooming in a bit weird!

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:39

Nope the more I zoom the more I feel this is porn, can’t look no more! 😂

Smotheroffive · 29/04/2019 03:40

What?! Porn Confused. How so?

I thought it was a fleece top

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:41

Does a fleece top have veins 😢

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:42

I am now thinking crabs...

Smotheroffive · 29/04/2019 03:42

I don't know what your looking at but its fleece with visiably stitched seams

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:44

😂

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:46

So smother was just joking, as in the same chances of it being a tick, it looks nothing like one

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:47

Sorry :)

Smotheroffive · 29/04/2019 03:47

Looks like a tick to me, on a fleece

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:52

Legs at all the wrong angles, wouldn’t be evenly down it’s body, but google them, you won’t believe me :)

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:53

Would

Alicewond · 29/04/2019 03:53

Anyhow have fun with you non ticks :)

StBernard · 29/04/2019 05:02

Around here the vets tell you that if you find a tick on an animal or person you can take it into the vets and they will test it for lyme's and other nasties.

TheoriginalLEM · 29/04/2019 05:14

Its definately a spider

TheoriginalLEM · 29/04/2019 05:22

Are you in the UK? That looks like a brown recluse spider. If it is, do NOT let it bite you. If in UK it is most likely not a brown recluse though. Many spider species look identical.

TheoriginalLEM · 29/04/2019 05:32

Its a woodlouse spider. Not over invested, not over invested at all Blush

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Boohootoyootoo · 29/04/2019 06:19

You would know if a tick bit you.

I don't know what kind of GP would treat everyone who came into contact with a tick? Only 1/100 ticks carry Lymes.

I've been bitten twice - once in the top of my very pregnant bump. They're horrible little critters. But they don't look like your photo...