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Picture of the Day

Tick Nymph

This image is an autofluorescence of a tick nymph on a Mammalian Host. Laser scanning confocal microscopy captured the autofluorescence of a common deer tick as it feasted on the ear of a golden hamster.
Image credit: Marna E. Ericson, University of Minnesota