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Tick Species of the Midwest

This photo contains photo ID and species names of the 3 most common tick species in the Midwest, particularly Illinois and Iowa.

American Dog Tick 1
Dermacentor variabilis
Blacklegged Tick 2
Ixodes scapularis
Lone Star Tick 3
Amblyomma americanum

Edited by Corey Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 2. (c) Lennart Tange, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 3. (c) David Hill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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