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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

An opinion piece on South African tick diversity from #GTTM #Gertrud_#Gertrud_Theiler_Tick_Museum #National_Tick-Collection

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

This tick youngin has only 2/2ths 😉. Cut the mouthparts off, examined on glass slide in emersion oil, covered with glass cover slip, 100x oil emersion lens.

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Unilateral rig😉 Ok. Unilateral adanal plate.

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The ornate cow tick / ornate dog tick / meadow tick / marsh tick #Dermacentor_reticulatus #ornate_ticks

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Here’s to 2025: May we all find funding, inspiration, and a few moments of peace amidst the deadlines.

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

May 2025 bring new goals, new achievements, fewer comments from Reviewer #2 and more 'accept with minor revisions'. #Rhipicephalus_pulchellus

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Theileria spp. schizonts with pycnotic nuclei seen when sampling post mortem. These were not cause of death.

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Cute little bugger. Natal forest tree frog endemic to the eastern coastal areas of South Africa.

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The #Gertrud_Theiler_Tick_Museum #GTTM attended Science Forum South Africa, 3-6 Dec'24 @ CSIR International Convention Centre,Pretoria, South Africa. Representing the #National_tick_collection #National_helminth_collection #National_collection_insects_of_veterinary_importance

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Tick collections from sheep from 6-9am in 40C heat 🥵🥵

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Crossing the species barrier. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Third eye aligned. #Amblyomma-tholloni female ex African elephant, Kruger National Park. ZA.

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Ronel Pienaar @ronelpienaar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The female of the species sporting a funky goaty. #Ixodes_pilosus-group

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