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H 2 mm FIGURE 22.13 The Black-Legged (Deer) Tick, Ixodes scapularis This tick is the most important vector of Lyme disease in the eastern and north-central United States.

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Chapter45: Population And Community Ecology

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2 mm
FIGURE 22.13 The Black-Legged (Deer) Tick, Ixodes scapularis
This tick is the most important vector of Lyme disease in the eastern
and north-central United States.

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