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Mating sheep ticks - Ixodes ricinus
MALE & FEMALE
Click here for: larva, nymph, male, female, mating ticks and comparing mouthparts photographs
These photos were taken on the JEOL 5600LVSEM
scanning electron microscope at the University of Plymouth Electron Microscopy
Centre on 10th August 2009.
Male tick (on top) mating with engorged
female Normal secondary electron image
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Male tick (on top) mating with engorged
female Back-scattered electron image
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Another view .....
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..... and in more detail
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Male hypostome embedded in female aperture |
Acknowledgement: My thanks to the staff of the University of Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre, Dr Roy Moate, Peter Bond and Glenn Harper, for enabling me to take these photographs.
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