apgarm
January 18, 2024, 3:37pm
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This morning while reading one of my books, I found a very flat, very dead Ixodes scapularis - Eastern Black-legged Tick.
Should this be marked as captive? Or as not recent evidence (which I think is meant for fossils)?
I feel like it should be casual.
neylon
January 18, 2024, 3:53pm
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I’d be inclined to make this wild, presumably the tick got in there under it’s own power, unless you suspect he was captured and pressed like a flower. I would count this the same way I’d count finding anything else found dead, or anything accidentally transported.
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I agree. Wild and recent. Mark as ‘dead’ in the annotations is all that’s needed I think.
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Thirding. Unless someone put the tick there, I’m assuming it should be marked wild.
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raymie
January 18, 2024, 4:36pm
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Agree with all above. And mark the location as where you were when you found it, not where you think the tick entered the book.
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Yeah, seems like this would follow the same rules as things you find dead on windowsills, etc. - wild, dead, but still valid.
Unlike flower pressing, I don’t think tick pressing will catch on as a hobby.
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March 18, 2024, 6:15pm
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