Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Video clips of human-biting ticks from the eastern United States

These 720P 30fps video clips are downloadable from Vimeo in H.264 MP4 format.

American Dog Tick female (Dermacentor variabilis)  1:19 min

American Dog Tick female (Dermacentor variabilis)  1:45 min

American Dog Tick male (Dermacentor viariabilis) 3:15 min

Blacklegged Tick female (Ixodes scapularis; "Deer Tick")  1:22 min

Blacklegged Tick male (Ixodes scapularis; "Deer Tick")   1:46mm

Blacklegged Tick nymphs (Ixodes scapularis; "Deer Tick")  0:34 min

Blacklegged Tick larvae (Ixodes scapularis; "Deer Tick")  0:30 min

Lone Star Tick female (Amblyomma americanum)  2:26 min

Lone Star Tick male (Amblyomma americanum) 1:50 min

Lone Star Tick nymph (Amblyomma americanum)  2:42 min

Credit: Graham Hickling ghicklin@utk.edu
Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee Knoxville