Hi sweetie, I've been looking for you!

[MicroBob]

Hi together,
people in lockdown start to do more hiking and walking - and the ticks will be waiting!
Here a tick I got together with returned slide boxed from our groups little slide circuit. Transferred from ethanol into water, mounted in a 1:1 mix of Gutenbergs Gummi arabicum paper glue and chloralhydrate (lightens the tick). Photo in Zeiss DIC old that really shines here.

Bob

[D0c]

That is impressive, so much detail.

[mrsonchus]

Must agree, beautiful, detailed and bright image!

[dtsh]

My old nemesis in a new perspective. Nice image and glad it ended up where it belongs, dead on a slide for our amusement.

[MicroBob]

I'm lucky - ticks don't like me! I only had 2 bites in my whole life.
I mixed this mountant several years ago but actually didn't go ahead with the projectit was intended for (forgotten...). But it works really nice in the way it lightens up the tick. Unfortunately these Hoyer's mix like mediums crystallize in many cases after a while. So one should make and keep the photos.
My other try was to lighten it with Klorix and mount in canadabalsam, but I broke of legs and partly dissolved the tick...

[elvis_saya]

Amazing detail... especially that mouth spear (hypostome). Thanks for sharing.