Invertebrate
Blacklegged Tick
The Lyme disease vector of eastern forests
Family Ixodidae
Ixodidae is a taxonomic family in the order Ixodida, class Arachnida. Global Animal Guide profiles one of its members: Blacklegged Tick.
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