#TICK

[onenicebugperday]

Blyborough bat tick, Argas vespertilionis, Argasidae (softbacked ticks)

This individual was found on a deceased host, Eptesicus serotinus, the serotine bat (photo one is on the bat’s wing).

Photographed by Gilles San Martin

[arvalis]

I accidentally spent 80 hours painting my own take on a Mimic. Please take a look.

Can see higher res here

[hellsitegenetics]

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Closest match: Ornithodoros turicata uncharacterized LOC135383003 (LOC135383003), ncRNA Common name: Relapsing Fever Tick

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u are quite literally the coolest and sweetest for taking all these png requests. can u make some pngs of just ur favorite things?

Thank you very much!! Hmmm I really love creepy crawlies! So here's some of those!

[wojakgallery]

Title/Name:  Tickjak Wojak Series:  Soyjak (Variant), Animal (Variant). Image submission by: xalatath on Tumblr Image by: Unknown Main Tag: Tick Wojak

[typhlonectes]

Lizards may be protecting people from Lyme disease in the southeastern U.S.

The reptiles make poor hosts for transmitting the infection.

Lyme disease is one of the most devastating tick-borne infections in the United States, affecting more than 300,000 people each year. It's also one of the most mysterious: The creature that spreads it—the black-legged tick—lives throughout the country. Yet the northeastern United States is home to far more cases than anywhere else. Now, researchers have identified an unexpected reason: lizards. Black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also known as deer ticks, carry corkscrew-shaped bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The ticks pick up the pathogens—spirochetes that belong to the genus Borrelia—when they suck the blood of animals like mice, deer, and lizards. In the next stage of their life cycle, the ticks may latch onto an unlucky human. But every host transmits the microbes differently. Reptiles are worse transmitters than mammals, so ticks that have lived on reptiles are less likely to make people sick. The north-south divide in Lyme cases is a fairly sharp line right along the border of Virginia and North Carolina. Researchers have hypothesized that disparity in cases stems from ticks feeding on different hosts in the two regions...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/lizards-may-be-protecting-people-lyme-disease-southeastern-united-states

[justinmadson]

The Tick, Arthur and American Maid

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Tick-o-rama!

When I first spotted these clumps on tall grasses in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, in Kenya, I thought they were some kind of insect eggs. (My vision isn't as sharp as it once was.) But when I touched a piece of grass, the tiny specks started moving... because they were thousands of baby ticks!

There is no Lyme disease in Kenya, but there is an illness called African tick bite fever that is no joke. I didn't see a single mosquito during my trip - it wasn't their season - but these little guys made me glad to have hardcore insect repellent on hand.

So. Many. Ticks.

[driveintheaterofthemind]

The Tick

Art by Mike McKone

[weepingwidar]

Emma Steinkraus (American, 1987) - Tick Check (2023)

[astralbondpro]

The Tick // S01E10: The Tick vs. Pineapple Pokopo

[onenicebugperday]

Ornate cow tick, Dermacentor reticulatus, Ixodidae

Photographed in Belarus by shapomacro

(I’m not sure what’s going on in this photo since the photographer did not specify. Looks like there’s silk around the tick? And maybe also water? Hard to say.)

[eyesonstarrpark]

Surprise tick (parody of surprise kitty)

Day 19

[babyjapril]

Grey's Anatomy 6.04

Tainted Obligation

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