Description: English: The hard tick, family Ixodidae, Hyalomma rufipes. A female in dorsal view showing the small hard plate of the scutum at the anterior, and banded coloration on legs typical of hyalommas. Specimen from Kenya. Date: 28 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.
Description: English: A group of Saharan silver ants (Cataglyphis bombycina) devouring a camel tick Hyalomma dromedarii. Deutsch: Eine Gruppe Silberameisen (Cataglyphis bombycina) verspeist eine Kamelzecke Hyalomma dromedarii. Date: 22 April 2011. Source: Own work by uploader, http://bjornfree.com/galleries.html. Author: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen. Camera location31° 05′ 09″ N, 3° 59′ 19″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 31.085833; -3.988611.
Description: English: A calf showing signs of sweating sickness, with severe alopecia. Feeding by Hyalomma rufipes ticks was probably the cause of this toxaemia. From Zimbabwe. Date: 28 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.
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