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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Phil Savoie / Bumblebee mite (Parasitus fucorum) in fur of Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
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Jen Guyton / Tick embedded in the wrinkled skin of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana). The elephant was sedated by veterinarians to put a GPS collar on him.
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Nick Upton / Hedgehog tick (Ixodes hexagonus) just removed from a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) at a rescue centre, Cornwall, UK, October.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Tracking shot of an American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) female, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Controlled conditions.
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Jussi Murtosaari / White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) male, head portrait, ears covered in Castor bean ticks (Ixodes ricinus), Finland. August.
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Alex Hyde / Sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) mouthparts after being extracted from a dog, UK. False-coloured scanning electon micrograph.
