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It is easy to confuse with the American dog tick. The brown dog tick stays plain, with no markings on its back, whereas the American dog tick carries gray-to-silver markings on its dorsal shield. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN378 Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN781 Habitat is the other giveaway. The American dog tick favors wooded, brushy, and tall-grass areas outdoors, so ticks turning up indoors or repeatedly on a house dog point to the brown dog tick instead. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN781 Source: https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/brown-dog-tick

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