Wanted: Furry Friend to Munch On
I prefer cotton rats until I get a little older.
I'm so hungry! All I want to do is eat so I can lay my eggs and die.
I'm a juvenile deer tick in desperate need of my first meal. I promise to inject any participant with a mild local anesthetic to dull the pain!
Yes, I am a parasite, but I promise to leave my host as soon as possible! Our parasitic relationship will be over almost as soon as it begins. Well, maybe in a few days that is.
My Life Cycle See! I only live for about a year, so help me out! | My Baby Pictures I'm on the top left corner...just a tiny little thing. My big sister is next to me, and my mom and dad are on the bottom. | See - It's not so bad! If you look hard, you can see my cousins on that mouse's ear. Not so bad, right? We only take a tiny bit of blood...I promise I don't carry Lyme Disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever...yet. |
My Baby Pictures
I'm on the top left corner...just a tiny little thing. My big sister is next to me, and my mom and dad are on the bottom.

Nymph Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
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