Black Legged Deer Tick. Different parts of the ixodes scapularis tick. Blacklegged ticks transmit many bacterial diseases such as lyme disease.

I started following deer tick when middle brother released their first and only record.

I use 100% strength tea tree oil and soak the place where the tick's head is embedded, then wait a. This lovely tick patch measures 3 3/4 inches wide and 3 1/2 inches tall. They must have a blood meal from a new host at every life stage in order to survive. Ixodes pacificus (western black legged tick).