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Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5507811

blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say) Say

Photographer:
Bruce Watt
Organization:
University of Maine
Descriptor:
Adult(s)
Description:
Adult
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
human (Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758)

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Image location:
, Maine

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Acari
Suborder: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Subject: Ixodes scapularis Say

Host

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Subject: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Node Affiliation:
Cornell University
Image uploaded:
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Image last updated:
Thursday, February 13, 2014