Images
Photo Credits: Colautti Lab (except where noted otherwise)
General
Ixodes scapularis photos (deer ticks a.k.a. blacklegged ticks)
Whole tick images
![](images/StudyPhotos/Ixodes_Family.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/Adult_Female_Scale.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/Female_Male_Scale.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/Family_Scale.jpg)
Photos demonstrating our dissection technique:
![](images/StudyPhotos/Ixodes_Male_PreExtraction.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/Ixodes_Male_PreExtraction_Bottom.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/Ixodes_Female_Open.jpg)
Closeup and anatomy photos:
![](images/StudyPhotos/Female_Mouthparts_Closeup.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/Female_Mouthparts_Closeup2.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/Nymph_Mouthparts_Closeup.jpg)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) photos
![](images/StudyPhotos/Lythrum_Solidago.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/2018QUBS_Lythrum_Overhead.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/2018QUBS_Harvest_thumb.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/2018QUBS_Harvest_thumb2.jpg)
![](images/StudyPhotos/2018QUBS_Harvest_thumb3.jpg)