Juergen Freund / Paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) with engorged body on human hand, this species affects many species, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) among them and infects them with a toxin that ca...
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Aflo / Composite image of tick showing how its body expands after feeding
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012
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Doug Gimesy / Rear left ankle of a male Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) showing venomous spur and ticks (Ixodes ornithothynchi). Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.
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Nick Upton / Man releasing a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) after removing Hedgehog ticks (Ixodes hexagonus) from it, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Property and model released.
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Nick Upton / Man inspecting a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) caught in his garden for Hedgehog ticks (Ixodes hexagonus) Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Property and model released.
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Nick Upton / Man inspecting a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) caught in his garden for Hedgehog ticks (Ixodes hexagonus) Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Property and model released.
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Nick Upton / Hedgehog tick (Ixodes hexagonus) removed from a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) with tweezers, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Model released.
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Nick Upton / Hedgehog tick (Ixodes hexagonus) removal from a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) with tweezers, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Model released.
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Nick Upton / Man releasing a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) after removing Hedgehog ticks (Ixodes hexagonus) from it, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Property and model released.
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Nick Upton / Hedgehog tick (Ixodes hexagonus) being removed with a tick remover hook from a young orphaned Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) at a rescue centre, Cornwall, UK, October. Model released.
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Nick Upton / Hedgehog tick (Ixodes hexagonus) just removed from a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) at a rescue centre, Cornwall, UK, October.
