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Please watch and like my latest #YouTube #video about the meadow #tick #Dermacentor #reticulatus and its #behaviors: https://t.co/pbm3013gZg The #meadowtick originally favored regions with warmer #temperatures. However, due to #globalwarming, it has since managed to establish itself permanently in temperate #CentralEurope. There are "hotspots" in various parts of #Germany, such as #Berlin or the Saarland. It is important to remove these ticks from pets as quickly as possible, as they can, for instance, transmit canine babesiosis. In my video, I present this animal accompanied by atmospheric, almost gentle piano music, obviously not to focus primarily on its #threatening nature, but rather to highlight that it is a #remarkable #arachnid, possessing a complex range of behaviors and highly efficient #sensoryorgans. The video shows not only how the tick #moves and #navigates its environment, but also the distinct #grace, almost #elegance, with which it does so. The tick had clearly already taken a blood meal before I removed it from my dog. It then chose none other than me as its next #host, making a concerted effort to get as close as possible. As it moves, it sometimes does so on seven #legs, while one of its front legs remains extended into the air; this allows the #Hallersorgan located there to detect and pinpoint my #sweat, #bodyheat, and #respiration. Like many other arthropods, the tick also needs to #groom itself; it meticulously #cleans the area around the Haller’s organs on its #frontlegs using the adjacent legs. Once a tick has reached an #elevatedposition that offers a good vantage point for detecting a host, it frequently extends both of its front legs upward, whether it is moving or at rest, often performing "#waving" motions while #walking. © #StefanFWirth, November 2026, Berlin #Photos: #Videoframes and video cover picture as #collage, based on my #macro #footage from September, edited November 2026, #Berlin, © Stefan F. Wirth

wirthstef's tweet photo. Please watch and like my latest #YouTube #video about the meadow #tick #Dermacentor #reticulatus and its #behaviors:
https://t.co/pbm3013gZg

The #meadowtick originally favored regions with warmer #temperatures. However, due to #globalwarming, it has since managed to establish itself permanently in temperate #CentralEurope. There are "hotspots" in various parts of #Germany, such as #Berlin or the Saarland. It is important to remove these ticks from pets as quickly as possible, as they can, for instance, transmit canine babesiosis.

In my video, I present this animal accompanied by atmospheric, almost gentle piano music, obviously not to focus primarily on its #threatening nature, but rather to highlight that it is a #remarkable #arachnid, possessing a complex range of behaviors and highly efficient #sensoryorgans. The video shows not only how the tick #moves and #navigates its environment, but also the distinct #grace, almost #elegance, with which it does so.

The tick had clearly already taken a blood meal before I removed it from my dog. It then chose none other than me as its next #host, making a concerted effort to get as close as possible. As it moves, it sometimes does so on seven #legs, while one of its front legs remains extended into the air; this allows the #Hallersorgan located there to detect and pinpoint my #sweat, #bodyheat, and #respiration. Like many other arthropods, the tick also needs to #groom itself; it meticulously #cleans the area around the Haller’s organs on its #frontlegs using the adjacent legs. Once a tick has reached an #elevatedposition that offers a good vantage point for detecting a host, it frequently extends both of its front legs upward, whether it is moving or at rest, often performing "#waving" motions while #walking.

© #StefanFWirth, November 2026, Berlin

#Photos:
#Videoframes and video cover picture as #collage, based on my #macro #footage from September, edited November 2026, #Berlin, © Stefan F. Wirth

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