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AH_Sheep Tick Ixodes ricinus feeding bite_9155.jpg
Sheep / Deer Tick {Ixodes ricinus} feeding on human host causing localised swelling. Scotland, UK. June. This species can be a vector for both Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.
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