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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Ixodes » Black-legged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
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Tick - Ixodes scapularis
Copyright © 2009 Vespula Vulgaris

Tick - Ixodes scapularis
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 7, 2009
Size: 1.5 mm
Was crawling on my leg after a trek through the woods. I am quite used to them by now, usually there is an outbreak of the little [insert bad word] every spring. Being that I am an outdoor person, I get a lot of them

This one seems to be a bit larger than the usual that I see though
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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 7 March, 2009 - 12:37pm
Last updated 8 March, 2009 - 10:37am

Blacklegged Tick
See what you think of
… Lynette Elliott, 7 March, 2009 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Female Blacklegged Tick
Also known as a deer tick or dog tick. This is the one that can carry and transmit Lyme disease, among other things.
… Ray Lemke, 7 March, 2009 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both
for the ID
… Vespula Vulgaris, 8 March, 2009 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

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