19 August 2010

The mouth parts of a tick

Ventral view, castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus).

Credit John Hallmen, via Electric Orchids.

2 comments:

  1. Oh-- oh god-- my years spent in mortal fear of ticks-- they're returning to me full-force!

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  2. After coming down with a bullseye rash over the summer and finding out that it was the characteristic Lyme rash (which warranted 3 weeks of antibiotics and hopefully no more!), this picture intrigues me in a pretty morbid way. Thank you again for your blog. :)

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