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Asiatic Cattle Tick
Rhipicephalus microplus
The Asian blue tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) is an economically important tick that parasitises a variety of livestock species. It is known as the Australian cattle tick, southern cattle tick, Cuban tick, Madagascar blue tick, and Puerto Rico. Texas fever tick.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 484410.