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Argas miniatus - http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/argas.htm
Photographs of these fowl ticks which infest birds and bats. |
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Ixodes scapularis: Blacklegged or Deer Tick - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/medical/deer_tick.htm
Provides photographs and a description of this tick, with information on its distribution, life cycle, medical significance and management. |
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus - http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Rhipicephalus.htm
Photographs of male and female brown dog ticks, with information on the transmission of canine piroplasmosis (Babesia canis) and tropical canine pancytopenia (Ehrlichia canis). |
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Dermacentor nitens - http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Dermacentor.htm
Photographs of the tropical horse tick, the only species known to be a natural vector of equine babesiae (Babesia caballi) in the New World. |
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Information on Ticks - http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/ticks.asp
Articles on the identification and removal of ticks. |
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Ornithodorus talaje - http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Ornithodorus.htm
This tick infests reptiles, birds and mammals. Photographs of an adult and an unidentified larva of the same genus. |
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Boophilus microplus - http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Boophilus.htm
Photographs of adults and larvae of the southern cattle tick. |
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Amblyomma cajennense - http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Amblyomma.htm
Photographs of several engorged female ticks and information on this known vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, the cause of spotted fever. |
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Lyme Disease and Tick Management - http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/factsheets/001-95.htm
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension factsheet and audio on ticks and Lyme disease, including images of several tick species and life stages. |
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Iowa Insect Notes: American Dog Tick - http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/tamerican.html
About Dermacentor variabilis and its control, with photographs illustrating the life stages of this and other ticks found in the region, including deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) and lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). |
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Ixodes scapularis: Deer Tick - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/clarin_bria/
Research project by Brianna Clarin on this species, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species. |
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus: Brown Dog Tick - http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/browndogtick.htm
Photographs of this species with information on its habitat, life cycle and description. |
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Ixodes scapularis: Black-legged or Deer Tick - http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/blackleggedtick.htm
Photograph and information on this parasite, its habitat, life cycle, description and control. |
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Dermacentor variabilis: American Dog Tick - http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/americandogtick.htm
Photographs of this parasite and information on its habitat, life cycle and description. |
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Dermacentor variabilis - http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/dermacentor.html
Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics and external anatomy of the dog tick. |