MicrobeHunter.com » tick 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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A tick in dark field
The tick (Ixodidae) in dark field, edited and placed on white background.


Image Information: The tick was treated with alcohol and preserved in permanent mounting medium (Eukitt). Darkfield images were then taken under 40x magnification and stitched together with panorama software. The tick was cut out and placed on white background.


Background Information: Ticks are parasites that feed on blood. They are known to transmit a variety of diseases, such as Lyme disease (borreliosis) and tick-borne encephalitis.

Zoom into the image here: Virtual microscope: The Tick.

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