Feeding on King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
On a King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) obs here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198124688
A large tick, adult
Family: Ixodidae (Hardbacked Ticks)
Genus: Dermacentor (Dog Ticks)
Dermacentor auratus?
A large tick, adult
Family: Ixodidae (Hardbacked Ticks)
Genus: Dermacentor (Dog Ticks)
Dermacentor auratus?
It look similar to this?
https://m.facebook.com/groups/sginsectid/permalink/1607125739493835/?mibextid=Nif5oz
MacRitchie | July 2023
A large tick, larva
Family: Ixodidae (Hardbacked Ticks)
Genus: Dermacentor (Dog Ticks)
Dermacentor auratus
Thanks Ken Kwak
"Note that even in these blurry photo the palps are extremely short and broad. This is a larva of Dermacentor auratus. As *Amblyomma *larvae have distinctive elongated palps."
Found on the neck of a wild Malayan box turtle.
Host is Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)