Ixodes scapularis

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Ixodes scapularis - parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)

black-legged tick

hard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head

genus Ixodes, Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae

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