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Black-legged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
Photo#46268
Copyright © 2006
Peter Hollinger
Female Deer Tick? -
Ixodes scapularis
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Assabet River NWR, Stowe, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 26, 2006
Size: ~3mm
Ixodes scapularis
? Just want to confirm the ID. Picked off a lot of these Sunday, both these females and the smaller males:
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Contributed by
Peter Hollinger
on 30 March, 2006 - 9:12pm
Last updated 4 April, 2006 - 7:40pm
Yes,
I agree.
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Lynette Elliott
, 31 March, 2006 - 5:32am
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Definitely Ixodes
Female adult black-legged or deer tick, without a doubt...and the other pic is definitely a male.
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Enigmagirl1
, 1 April, 2006 - 12:37pm
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