An Adult Female Lone Star Tick Climbs On A Plant (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

An Adult Female Lone Star Tick Climbs On A Plant

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This is an adult female Lone Star tick climbs on a plant. Bites from the juvenile form of this species, sometimes called seed ticks, are linked to the development of red meat allergy.

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