A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the deer tick (Ixodes dammini), magnified x20. This is the vector of lyme disease

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A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the deer tick (Ixodes dammini), magnified x20. This is the vector of lyme disease. Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates.

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