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Photo#283615
Ixodes scapularis - nymph? - Ixodes scapularis

Ixodes scapularis - nymph? - Ixodes scapularis
Frederick or Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
June 2, 2009
Size: 1.5 mm
This was removed from my arm. I had probably picked it up during field work in 2 different places over the last weekend.

Ixodes
This looks like a bloodfed Ixodes nymph, likely I. scapularis.