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Common Tick

Ixodes ricinus

Classification

Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae

Ixodes ricinus, commonly known as the castor bean tick, the sheep ked, sheep tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of 11 mm (0. 43 in) when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Luxembourg · 5,121Germany · 3,633United Kingdom · 584France · 449Spain · 212Italy · 128Netherlands · 99Switzerland · 50Belgium · 42