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Deer Ticks

May 13, 2011 |Posted in Ticks

The Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis) which is also known as the blacklegged tick, is a blood feeding parasite that depends on the white tailed deer for nourishment, and reproduction. A tick will find a host, and then insert itself into the host with it’s chelicerae, (cutting mandibles) and it’s feeding tube into the skin. The …