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Welcome to The Lyme Disease Network, a non-profit foundation dedicated to public education of the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. On the Internet since 1993. LymeNet needs your help: Pictures of ticks - 1Three stages of the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis
also known as the deer tick. Within the fish hook (the largest specimen) is the
female I. scapularis (upper left), below her is a male and directly in
front of the female are two nymphal deer ticks. Nymphs are thought to be responsible
for most human Lyme cases due to their small size and because they are active
in April, May, and June. In the Northeastern US, the male and female are
active in the Fall. The largest tick in view (outside the hook) is a female
American dog tick, Dermacentor variablis, which is shown for comparison.
A ruler (in 16ths of an inch increments) is on the top. The fish hook is a #8
for those familiar with sizes. Ixodes scapularis can transmit Borrelia burgdorferi
(the Lyme spirochete), Babesia microti (the causative agent of babesiosis) and the
causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, HGE. The American dog tick
does not play a role in the ecology of Lyme disease. Photo by Jim Occi.
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