Wanted: Furry Friend to Munch On

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 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.

Nymph Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis)

You can find out more about me here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodes_scapularis

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katie Antczak

Wanted: Furry Friend to Munch On

I prefer cotton rats until I get a little older.

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.

My Life Cycle

My Baby Pictures

See - It's not so bad!

My Life Cycle

My Baby Pictures

See - It's not so bad!

Nymph Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis)

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