MicrobeHunter.com » spider http://www.microbehunter.com of Microscopy, Microbes and More Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:31:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Virtual microscope: The Tick http://www.microbehunter.com/2010/01/13/virtual-microscope-the-tick/ http://www.microbehunter.com/2010/01/13/virtual-microscope-the-tick/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:00:23 +0000 Oliver http://www.microbehunter.com/?p=1463


This is a darkfield image of a tick. Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods. They possess 8 legs and are not insects, but rather are related to the spiders. Ticks are known to transmit various diseases, such as Lyme’s disease and encephalitis.

For more information on the tick, read the following post: The Tick (Ixodidae).

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