Dog tick (IMAGE)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dog tick

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An American Dog Tick, the most commonly found tick in North America and a vector for diseases like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Tularemia. Image owned by the Smith lab.

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