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Sheep tick - Ixodes ricinus
MALE
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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Dorsal view, male tick Back-scattered electron image, also at right
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Dorsal view of the capitulum, showing the
smooth surface of the hypostome, pedipalps and rudimentary porose areas?
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Ventral view of capitulum, with hypostome
and chelicerae laterally
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Hypostome and chelicerae laterally, detail
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| Male genital 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.
