Ticked off

 

 

Tick, Sheep Tick, May 2013

 

A possible carrier of Lyme Disease which formed an unwanted attachment.

Sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus. For Lyme Disease advice see NHS Choices at http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Lyme-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Pictures taken May 8 by iPhone and laboratory identification confirmed May 29. Top picture a 68% zoom on bottom picture.

 

Tick,  Sheep Tick, May 2013

 

 

 

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