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Blacklegged Tick - Ixodes scapularis - female
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Blacklegged Tick - Ixodes scapularis - Female
Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 16, 2008
Underside view of the barbed proboscis. This is the reason it was so hard to remove once it had attached to my arm.

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Blacklegged Tick - Ixodes scapularis - female Blacklegged Tick - Ixodes scapularis - female Blacklegged Tick - Ixodes scapularis - female
Contributed by tom murray on 18 November, 2008 - 7:09pm

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