Ixodes scapularis - Deer Tick

 

 

 

Ixodes scapularis (Deer Tick)

 

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The deer tick, the blacklegged tick, the bear tick.  They are all one in the same. The scientific name of this organism is Ixodes scapularis.  

 

Adult Deer Tick, Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA/ARS

 

 

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