Blacklegged Tick (IMAGE)

Entomological Society of America

Blacklegged Tick

Caption

This is a blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), one of the main vectors of Lyme disease.

Credit

Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org.

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Must credit Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org.

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