Southern Ticks Beat the Heat Under Cool, Damp Leaves (IMAGE)

U.S. Geological Survey

Southern Ticks Beat the Heat Under Cool, Damp Leaves

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These larval black-legged ticks, about two months old, were photographed in leaf litter in eastern Tennessee.

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Photo: Graham Hickling, University of Tennessee

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