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title: "Kleszcz pospolity"
description: "Ixodes ricinus — Owady i pająki. Ixodes ricinus, commonly known as the castor bean tick, the sheep ked, sheep tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/castor-bean-tick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kleszcz pospolity

> Ixodes ricinus — Owady i pająki. Ixodes ricinus, commonly known as the castor bean tick, the sheep ked, sheep tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick.

- Scientific name: *Ixodes ricinus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `farm` (Gospodarstwo)
- iNaturalist observations: 12540
- Wikidata: [Q21175](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21175)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51671](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51671)

## Names

- en: Castor Bean Tick
- de: Gemeiner Holzbock
- es: Garrapata ricino europea
- fr: Tique du mouton
- nl: Schapenteek
- pl: Kleszcz pospolity

## Countries with the most observations

GB (918), DE (897), FR (496), DK (403), AT (314), CZ (207), IT (175), FI (146), PL (144), RU (139), LU (117), NL (108)

## Summary

Ixodes ricinus, commonly known as the castor bean tick, the sheep ked, sheep tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of 11 mm (0.43 in) when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.

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

## Photo

![Kleszcz pospolity](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/castor-bean-tick/medium.jpg)

Photo: formicacid · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344539144

## Machine access

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