Can anyone identify this creature _I do not think it is a tick.

[muff13]

I am very used to my dog having ticks but have never seen a tick like this before. It is totally white, about 8 mm long and very flat. (OK I dare say it would have filled out after feeding) It caused my dog more irritation than ticks usually do and it is the second one he has picked up during the last week. I live in Argyll and he is taken for walks in forestry ground.

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=rlgint" target="_blank"><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/rlgint.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

[muff13]

Not sure if that link worked so will try another

[IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/rlgint.jpg[/IMG]

[muff13]

Third time lucky!!

http://i53.tinypic.com/rlgint.jpg

[LoftyLottie]

Hi,
Looks like a female dog tick that needs a meal!

http://entomology.unl...ks/engorged_ticks.jpg

[RATTER15]

Yes that is a tick

[Juicyfruity]

Im not sure what it is but I feel itchy all over after clicking on your link.
It looks like one of those faceguggers from the film Aliens. Have you got more pictures of it?

[Amus1]

It looked more like a type of lice to me. Take it into a vets for them to look at! They can't charge you for that!

[society]

That sure is a tick, and if it's not, it has to be closely related.

[LoftyLottie]

It's 100% a tick

[RATTER15]

110% Tick!!!!

[RATTER15]

See here it a tick!!!! http://www.google.co....b=wi&biw=1659&bih=821

[muff13]

Thanks to all the replies. As I said it is totally unlike any tick I have seen before (and believe me, I have met plenty having lived on a sheep farm for 30+ years!) I have never seen one so large as this one when empty, so totally white (the photograph did not show it up very well) and the dog re-acted differently as these ones were driving him totally wild. He scratches when he gets a normal tick, but with these he was chewing his hair out in mouthfulls. It was at least 8 mm from head to end which is far larger than normal. Other ticks, even when unfed, their bodies still seem to be rounded, while this one was flat and floppy.

[society]

Do dogs get shots for Lyme disease? It might be a good idea tor get your dog inoculated for Lyme disease.

(is it for, or against Lyme disease)

[muff13]

I should also add that, at first glace, looking at it, the creature seemed more like a grass seed untill the legs etc were noticed. It is only on magnification the legs showed up clearly. If the beast had fed it would have become some size. it was embedded in the dog the same as a normal tick.

[meatismurder]

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[Brinjal]

Dogs and horses get billary from ticks.

[jomifl]

It has eight legs, it must be a tick (obviously a hungry one)