Tick life-cycle. Computer illustration showing the life-cycle of a blood-sucking parasitic tick that has multiple mammal hosts. This is a three-host t

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Tick life-cycle. Computer illustration showing the life-cycle of a blood-sucking parasitic tick that has multiple mammal hosts. This is a three-host tick, as after each moult the nymphal stage drops to the ground and finds a new host (which may be the same species as the previous host).

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Size: 5524px × 3500px
Photo credit: © CLAUS LUNAU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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