Ornithodoros savignyi

Observations:

  • Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), October 2007
  • Karkur Murr (Jebel Uweinat, at Ain Murr spring), November 2009
  • Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), March 2010

    This large (~4mm) soft-bodied tick was observed on several occasions in Karkur Talh and Karkur Murr (Jebel Uweinat). All the observations have been at or near shelters with abundant dust and waddan (Ammotragus lervia) droppings, after the tick crawled on (and on several instances bit) visiting humans.

       
    Ain Murr (Karkur Murr, Jebel Uweinat),
    14th November, 2009 (approx. 3pm)

         		  Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat),
    12th March, 2010
    (approximately 10am)