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Genus Ixodes

Tick - Ixodes - female Found on my computer - Ixodes scapularis Tick - Ixodes Another tick - Ixodes Engorged tick - Ixodes - female Deer Tick - Ixodes scapularis - female tick out in February - Ixodes blacklegged tick? - Ixodes scapularis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Parasitiformes
Order Ixodida (Ticks)
Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)
Genus Ixodes
Explanation of Names
Ixodes Latreille 1795
Numbers
~35 spp. in our area • ~250 total(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life