Everything about Ixodes Scapularis totally explained
Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as the
deer tick or
black-legged tick (although some people reserve the latter term for
Ixodes pacificus, which is found on the West Coast of the USA), and in some parts of the USA as the
bear tick, is a hard-bodied
tick (family
Ixodidae) of the eastern and northern Midwestern
United States. It is a vector for several diseases of animals and humans (for example,
Lyme disease,
babesiosis,
ehrlichiosis, etc).
The images shown to the left and to the right -- and in fact, most images of
Ixodes scapularis that are commonly available -- show an adult that's unengorged, that is, an adult that hasn't had a blood meal. This is natural, since the ticks are generally removed immediately upon discovery, to minimize the chance of disease. However, the "sack" that holds blood is so much larger than and looks so different from the rest of the tick, that it would be easy to assume that an engorged specimen of
Ixodes scapularis is an entirely different tick (see photo on lower left). The "sack" is of a light grayish-blue color, whereas the tick itself is mostly black. In identifying an engorged tick, it's helpful to concentrate on the legs and upper part of the body.
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