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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.
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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.
