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Common Name:
Black-legged (Deer) Tick

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Ixodida
Suborder: Ixodides
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Ixodoidea
Family: Ixodidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Ixodes scapularis

Hodges No:

Location:
Ward Pound Ridge
Cross River, NY
USA

Date: 7/12/06

Stage:
Sex: Female
Notes: Found on myself.

Ixodes scapularis Ixodidae
Black-legged (Deer) Tick
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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