Hedgehog tick lower leg and claw, SEM
Ticks are parasitic arachnids. They feed on the blood of a variety of animals and can transmit a number of diseases. The hedgehog tick is potentially a carrier of Borrelia, the bacterium responsible for Borreliosis which is also known as Lyme disease. image shows the lower part of one of the ticks legs and it鈥檚 claw. The claw can help the tick grasp vegetation or its host. 10cm wide, by Anne Weston, EM STP, the Francis Crick Institute/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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