Blacklegged Tick - Ixodes scapularis

This little lady tried to get a meal from my son.

*This is an adult, female blacklegged tick.

Habitat: Most likely picked up in a deciduous forest

comments (3)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Really cool shot, exposing the "drill". Good though that it missed the target! Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! I love this shot of the "drill", aka hypostome:
  
  Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It's awesome! Posted 6 years ago

The Blacklegged Tick

"Ixodes scapularis" is a hard-bodied tick of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States. It is a vector for several diseases of animals, including humans and is known as the deer tick owing to its habit of parasitizing the white-tailed deer. It is also known to parasitize mice, lizards, migratory birds, etc. especially while the tick is in the larva or nymph stage.

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Similar species: Ticks

Species identified by Christine Young