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Tick, Ixodes ricinus, Lyme Disease Vector

An Ixodes ricinus tick, which can transmit the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis. This specimen is female, magnified 35x. It is also known as a deer tick or castor bean tick. Colored drawing by Amedeo John Engel Terzi (1872-1956).
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Tick, Ixodes ricinus, Lyme Disease Vector
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An Ixodes ricinus tick, which can transmit the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis. This specimen is female, magnified 35x. It is also known as a deer tick or castor bean tick. Colored drawing by Amedeo John Engel Terzi (1872-1956).
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Album / Wellcome Collection / Science Source
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Keywords:
AMEDEO • ANIMAL • ART • BEAN • BROAD BEAN • BUG (INSECT) • CARRIER • CASTOR • DEER • DISEASE • ENCEPHALITIS • ENGEL • FEMALE • HISTORIC • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INSECT • IXODES • JOHN • LYME • REDUVIUS • RICINUS • TERZI • TICK • TICK-BORNE • VECTOR