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An engorged castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
Ixodes ricinus
Credit:
Richard Bartz
Ixodes ricinus
, the
castor bean tick
, is a chiefly
European
species of hard-bodied
tick
. It may reach a length of 11 mm (0.43 in) when engorged with a blood meal (pictured), and can transmit a number of diseases to its hosts.
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