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This tick was on my dog for a few days before we got it off
Suburban back yard with tall hardwood trees.
Adult female blacklegged ("deer") tick. Females have a black head and dorsal ...
These adult female "deer" ticks were no doubt hoping that I would provide their ...
1mm long body. Deer ticks are potential carriers of Lyme disease, human ...
A female. About the size of a dull pencil head. Red on the backside with a ...
This was one of ELEVEN blacklegged (deer) ticks that I found scrambling up my ...
Measurements: ~0.7cm x 0.4cm x 0.40cm Season : Rainy season Time : 3:15am ...
It may be December in the Northeastern US, but blacklegged ticks (also called ...
kfryn218 was calling these guys nymph ticks and we spent a lot of time trying ...
In common with other species of Ixodes, I. ...