peachskittles Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I vote tick. The person that took this picture says spider. Can anyone identify if this is a spider or tick, and if so, what type is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 It's a tick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Looks more like a pseudoscorpion to me, but I really don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 both are arachnids. both suck. get rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin'sMom Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Well versed in ticks around the Ozarks, that does not look like one....more like a spider. Yukk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I vote spider. The jury is out regarding species name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Dead is what it is. Stomp it dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Is this the same creature? http://bugguide.net/node/view/285663/bgimage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 That is not a tick. It has the wrong number of legs and body sections. Ticks have 6 legs and three body sections. Whatever that is has eight legs and two body sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Here's one more link, it was not completely navigable via my phone but you may have better viewing on a standard computer. I think your guy is in one of these photos. Some kind of crab spider. http://imgarcade.com/1/spider-that-looks-like-a-crab/ Eta the link! Sorry I forgot it at first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 That is not a tick. It has the wrong number of legs and body sections. Ticks have 6 legs and three body sections. Whatever that is has eight legs and two body sections. Uh, nope. Ticks are arachnids and have eight legs and two body sections. However, I don't think that's a tick. For one thing, where are the scary mouthparts? I've also never seen one with such big forelimbs. Ticks are all about the mouth, not the legs... Mystery arachnid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 This is what ticks look like here But this is what they look like close up. Based on the body shape, that thing doesn't look like any tick I've ever seen, but it isn't shaped like a typical spider either. Agreeing with the other posters - whatever it is, it must be stomped. Immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Mom Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Tick! Stomping will not kill it, you have to squeeze it with something hard against something hard until it pops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Tick! Stomping will not kill it, you have to squeeze it with something hard against something hard until it pops!LOL murder itttttttttttt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Uh, nope. Ticks are arachnids and have eight legs and two body sections. However, I don't think that's a tick. For one thing, where are the scary mouthparts? I've also never seen one with such big forelimbs. Ticks are all about the mouth, not the legs... Mystery arachnid... That's really cool. You learn something new everyday. Thanks. It looks like a ballus chalybeius spider which is a type of jumping spider. Unless you live in Europe it's not that particular type. There are over 500 types of jumping spiders and my vote it is one of them. My skin is crawling from looking at all of those pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 "All larval ticks hatch from eggs with just 6 legs, and after a blood meal and molting, the nymph stage emerges with 8 legs." Tick Identification - TickEncounter Resource Center www.tickencounter.org/.../tick_identificat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 After some time with Google Images (and a serious case of the heebie-jeebies) I change my vote to a bark crab spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 That is not a tick. It has the wrong number of legs and body sections. Ticks have 6 legs and three body sections. Whatever that is has eight legs and two body sections. Ticks definitely have eight legs and two body sections. I'm no tick expert, but I was googling to see if I could find a tick that looks exactly like the one in the original post, and all of the ticks look nearly exactly like what's in that picture. I just can't find one with the exact same coloring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 That doesn't look like any tick I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 After some time with Google Images (and a serious case of the heebie-jeebies) I change my vote to a bark crab spider. I'll just take your word for it! :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 WHY did I open this topic?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Albeto's husband is an entomologist, I think. I'm hoping she sees this and shows him to get this settled. I just feel all creepy crawly as it stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachskittles Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Well, it has been agreed that it is either a really funky looking tick or a crab spider. She has two ways to test what it is. My SO's option : "Ok...theory testing time. Put it on your arm...if it bites and hangs on, it's a tick...if it bites and runs away...it's a spider...disclose your results so we know" My option : "Tease the spider for easy recognition. Gently poke it with a twig; if it widens its legs and moves sideways, it is a crab spider. (They will also wave their “tentacles†in the same manner water crabs do.)" Now to see if she kept it and which option she goes with (I'm going to assume not the first option LOL)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 🙈 Why did I look at this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 bark crab spider http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/xysticus1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I am in bed reading this thread.... I hope I don't have bug nightmares! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Please....no more pictures! :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Between this and the tick I just found on my head I am not going to sleep tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Between this and the tick I just found on my head I am not going to sleep tonight. :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 looks like a type of crab spider to me. We get ones that are more white than brown here but similar in appearance anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABE Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 If it's a tick, it's a type that I've never encountered before. I vote spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Between this and the tick I just found on my head I am not going to sleep tonight. Well now I have to ask - did this thread give you the idea to do a tick check? Is it possible that if you hadn't read this thread, that little bloodsucker might have been happily undisturbed for the night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Well now I have to ask - did this thread give you the idea to do a tick check? Is it possible that if you hadn't read this thread, that little bloodsucker might have been happily undisturbed for the night? No, the area was starting to itch and I reached up and found the, now deceased, tick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 No, the area was starting to itch and I reached up and found the, now deceased, tick. Well, I'm glad you found and dispatched it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albeto. Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Albeto's husband is an entomologist, I think. I'm hoping she sees this and shows him to get this settled. I just feel all creepy crawly as it stands. As luck would have it, I spent the evening enjoying nice food and nice wine with a colony of entomologists. ^_^ Dh suggests it's a crab spider, from the family Thomisidae, but it's not fully mature so identifying the species is difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I vote for spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachskittles Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 She ended up squishing the poor lil thing. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 thanks to this thread, I just did a tick check on my head and behind my ears. No ticks.Phew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachskittles Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 thanks to this thread, I just did a tick check on my head and behind my ears. No ticks.Phew. I checked all the kids as they woke up. They thought I was crazy. But no ticks on them so my day can proceed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Had a tick on a gal this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Amateur entemologist here; looks like a lovely crab spider! Where did you find it? They are very interesting spiders that do not build webs:http://www.crabspider.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Why did I venture into this thread?!? Now I have the heebee jeebees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachskittles Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Amateur entemologist here; looks like a lovely crab spider! Where did you find it? They are very interesting spiders that do not build webs:http://www.crabspider.org/ She lives in Colorado, if I remember correctly. I'm going to assume she found it in her house and took it outside for its photo op before squishing the poor thing. (If it was a tick, I would not be mourning its loss.) My SO's entire family has an extreme fear of spiders, my SO included. I'm one of the rare ones in the family that is catch and release (even if the lil bugger runs across my computer monitor or drops right down in front of my face or my personal favorite, runs across my bed while I'm watching a late night show causing me to jump (I have a fear of swallowing a spider in my sleep)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 It is an abomination!!!!!!! Just kill it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albeto. Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (I have a fear of swallowing a spider in my sleep). My husband came back from a collecting trip in Costa Rica with a huge lump on his ankle. It didn't hurt, it was just... there. He fully expected (wanted) it to be a cology of parasitic nematodes (worms) incubating in his ankle. And I was so tired and exhausted from taking care of my kids that I actually slept in the same bed until he saw the doctor. It was either that or sleep on the couch. He wasn't going to, and he's too big for me to have pulled him there. So I laid my head down and forced myself not to think of it. Turned out there was nothing exciting at all. He'd twisted his ankle and it healed with a ganglion of nerves on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 eww now I feel something crawling on me. Why oh why do I open these threads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 My husband came back from a collecting trip in Costa Rica with a huge lump on his ankle. It didn't hurt, it was just... there. He fully expected (wanted) it to be a cology of parasitic nematodes (worms) incubating in his ankle. And I was so tired and exhausted from taking care of my kids that I actually slept in the same bed until he saw the doctor. It was either that or sleep on the couch. He wasn't going to, and he's too big for me to have pulled him there. So I laid my head down and forced myself not to think of it. Turned out there was nothing exciting at all. He'd twisted his ankle and it healed with a ganglion of nerves on the side. My hat is off to you Albeto! You are a stronger woman than I! The thought would have killed me, and I would have demnded dh sleep on the couch or get a lovely room for me at the Westin in Southfield. Thanks to this thread I now know to meet him outside uon his return, mke him strip, check him over completely for any sign of bugs, parasites, and bites then proceed into the house and bio hazard level 5 decontamination shower. Donning my bio hazard suit before going outside..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albeto. Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 My hat is off to you Albeto! You are a stronger woman than I! The thought would have killed me, and I would have demnded dh sleep on the couch or get a lovely room for me at the Westin in Southfield. Thanks to this thread I now know to meet him outside uon his return, mke him strip, check him over completely for any sign of bugs, parasites, and bites then proceed into the house and bio hazard level 5 decontamination shower. Donning my bio hazard suit before going outside..... I did demand he sleep on the couch. He said no, shut his eyes, and was out like a light! The choice was mine to move or sleep, and I confess, exhaustion got the best of me! :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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