Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius 1794)

Description: English: A fully fed female Amblyomma variegatum held in hand of researcher to show scale. This tick weighed 5 grams. Date: 9 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: A dip-bath or tank for treating cattle with acaricide to kill ticks. This example from St Kitts & Nevis, to control Amblyomma variegatum. Date: 28 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: Dorsal view of an unfed adult female of the hard tick Amblyomma variegatum, from Africa. Date: 9 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: Cattle passing through a dipbath for treatment with acaricide to control Amblyomma variegatum and other ticks in the Caribbean. Date: 10 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: Adult female and male Amblyomma variegatum ticks feeding on the udder of a young cow in Ghana and causing physical damage and obstruction of suckling. Date: 16 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.

Description: English: A steer being treated with an acaricide as a pour-on formulation, in St Kitts & Nevis. The oily carrier is in the white bottle, with a measuring applicator spout. The steer was infested with Amblyomma variegatum ticks and it had severe lesions caused by Dermatophilus congolensis bacteria on its head and body. Date: 21 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: Typical infestation of a cattle steer with adult Amblyomma variegatum in Africa or some islands of the Caribbean. Date: 9 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: A hard tick, family Ixodidae, Amblyomma variegatum. A male viewed dorsally. The coloured pattern is typical of Amblyomma ticks. Date: 28 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.

Description: English: Dermatophilosis of a steer in West Africa, caused by Dermatophilus congolensis bacteria and aggravated by simultaneous infestation with Amblyomma variegatum ticks which suppress the immunity of their host. Date: 10 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: Amblyomma variegatum ixodid ticks, female and male, dorsal. Date: 6 August 2016. Source: Own work. Author: Daktaridudu.

Description: English: Amblyomma variegatum females to show egg production. Unfed male on left, fully fed female in centre, female at end of egg laying on right, with a batch of approx. 20,000 eggs laid. Date: 9 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.

Description: English: Amblyomma variegatum ticks; female on left, male on right, both unfed. Date: 9 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.