Blacklegged/ Deer/ Bear Tick
This tick is a carrier of Lyme disease.
- Common Name: Blacklegged/Deer/Bear Tick
- Scentific Name: Ixodes scapularis Say
- Class/Order/Family: Arachnida/Acari/Ixodidae
- Metamorphosis: Simple
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Size
Unengorged female about 1/8" long, male smaller.
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Color
Orangish brown except legs and mouthparts.
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Biology
Adult ticks feed during the winter primarily on the white-tailed deer.
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Habit
These ticks climb grass and shrubs to wit for passing host, and move very little laterally.
Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties