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With mouthparts embedded in skin - highly enlarged

Image of Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus 1758)

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"Longitude (deg): -4.0. Latitude (deg): 57.0. Longitude (deg/min): 4° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 57° 0' N. Vice county name: East Inverness-shire. Vice county no.: 96. Country: Scotland. Stage: Immature. Associated species: Homo sapiens. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: ""Nymph, biting human"". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Where photo was taken: In situ. Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens. "

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