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Figure 289.3. Adult female (<italic>right</bold>) and male (<italic>left</bold>) deer ticks. Note the long mouthparts of the female and her light coloring posteriorly. Males rarely attach to human hosts, and then only lightly.
Figure 289.3. Adult female (<italic>right</bold>) and male (<italic>left</bold>) deer ticks. Note the long mouthpa...
<bold>FIGURE 25-3</bold> <bold>Deer ticks at the larval, nymphal, and adult stages.</bold> Larval, nymphal, and adult ticks are approximately 0.5, 1, and 3 mm long (excluding legs), respectively. A sewing needle in the upper-left corner of the picture provides scale. (Photo provided by the American Lyme Disease Foundation.)
<bold>FIGURE 25-3</bold> <bold>Deer ticks at the larval, nymphal, and adult stages.</bold> Larval, nymphal, and ad...
FIG. 6.12. Tick bite. Typical appearance of an engorged tick.