BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sheep Tick, Pasture Tick, Castor Bean Tick, Deer Tick)

Date: 23 August 2005
Location: East Inverness-shire, Scotland
Voucher: 23/08/2005[G]
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Record Summary: Nymph, biting human
Associated organism: on skin of Homo sapiens

Images etc

naked eye photograph With mouthparts embedded in skin - highly enlarged - close-up 500 by 458 pixels
naked eye photograph With mouthparts embedded in skin - highly enlarged 500 by 332 pixels

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