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title: "Ornate Cow Tick"
description: "Dermacentor reticulatus — Insecten en spinnen. Dermacentor reticulatus, also known as the ornate cow tick, ornate dog tick, meadow tick, and marsh tick, is a species of tick from the family Ixodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ornate-cow-tick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ornate Cow Tick

> Dermacentor reticulatus — Insecten en spinnen. Dermacentor reticulatus, also known as the ornate cow tick, ornate dog tick, meadow tick, and marsh tick, is a species of tick from the family Ixodidae.

- Scientific name: *Dermacentor reticulatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 4813
- Wikidata: [Q789598](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q789598)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320832](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320832)

## Names

- en: Ornate Cow Tick
- de: Wiesenzecke
- fr: Ixode réticulé

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1190), FR (339), DE (285), UA (184), PL (144), LT (97), HU (48), LU (46), AT (43), BY (42), CZ (19), SK (17)

## Summary

Dermacentor reticulatus, also known as the ornate cow tick, ornate dog tick, meadow tick, and marsh tick, is a species of tick from the family Ixodidae. It is the type species for the genus Dermacentor.
Dermacentor reticulatus is an ornate tick. The female varies in size from 3.8–4.2 mm (unfed) to 10 mm when engorged after feeding. The unfed male is 4.2–4.8 mm long. D. reticulatus is found in Europe and Western Asia, generally in wooded areas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermacentor_reticulatus

## Photo

![Ornate Cow Tick](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-cow-tick/medium.jpg)

Photo: Михайло Жук · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277003534

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ornate-cow-tick?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).