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Blacklegged Tick

Ixodes scapularis

Description:

A female. About the size of a dull pencil head. Red on the backside with a black front and legs.

Habitat:

Grassy woodlands.

Notes:

Found this guy crawling up my thigh after I had been photographing fungus in some tall grasses.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Blacklegged Tick, female
Ixodes scapularis Species Ixodes scapularis - Blacklegged Tick - BugGuide.Net


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1 Comment

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

The number one transmitter of Lyme Disease. Glad you weren't bitten!

Musicwolf
Spotted by
Musicwolf

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Apr 21, 2014
Submitted on Apr 22, 2014

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