Those Ugly Little Bugs


and here are some lovely little
Ixodes Scapularis (deer ticks) sent by Dawn B.
(Sure wish I had not flushed the ones
I caught crawling on me before
immortalizing them on film).
 

(below, left) Just Look how tiny those
little guys can be!

Adult Ixodes Pacificus

Adult Dermacentor
Ixodes Angustus (top)

Deer ticks (bottom)

Unengorged and engorged state
Ixodes pacificus nymph on the finger of an 8 year old child.
 photo courtesy of David Spach, M.D., from Healthlinks WA web site

Thank you to LDA for some of the above images

 

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