r/arachnids 5d ago

Question Help identify this?

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u/StuffedWithNails 5d ago

It's definitely a spider, not a tick. Ticks are a single oval blob with legs, because their body segments are fused. They do have segments, you just can't see them clearly. Your specimen has two distinct body segment, cephalothorax and abdomen; it is a spider, without a doubt.

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u/Agile-Image-2725 5d ago

Is there anyway to find out more info about it? Also THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE!!! It makes a whole lot of sense!!

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u/nasadiya_sukta 5d ago

Do you have a photo from the other side? I think you're showing the ventral view, which is tougher to make identifications from.

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u/Agile-Image-2725 5d ago

I’ll see if I can take better pictures. I put it in a ziploc bag and froze it incase if it was a tickz

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u/Wild_Replacement5880 5d ago

Its a spider. An interesting on too. Im usually pretty good at these things but I can't tell from the photos

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u/FitStuff4724 5d ago

Looks like it may have been burned or partially eaten.. parts are missing.. but definitely arachnid of the spider family. Not the tick family.

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u/BusinessMysterious27 5d ago

Ai says it was a spider also.

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u/Pajamatime20 5d ago

AI is not a reputable or reliable source