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Tick

life science Maturity 11-13

A tick is a tiny bug.

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20140704-TickWaitingOnGrassBlade-CentralMA-USA.JPG
It lives on animals. It drinks blood to eat.
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Ixodes scapularis P1170301a (white background).png
This helps the bug grow. Ticks can live in warm places. Do you see them in the grass?

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File:Tick in amber carrying spirochetes.jpg
Tick in amber carrying spirochetes.jpg
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Opilioacarus baeticus (cropped).png
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Promegistus armstrongi 335075066.jpg
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Sternothyrus_braueri_62962027_cropped.jpg
File:Ixodes scapularis P1170301a (white background).png
Ixodes scapularis P1170301a (white background).png
File:Amblyomma americanum tick.jpg
Amblyomma americanum tick.jpg
File:Argas spec columbidae.jpg
Argas spec columbidae.jpg
File:20140704-TickWaitingOnGrassBlade-CentralMA-USA.JPG
20140704-TickWaitingOnGrassBlade-CentralMA-USA.JPG
File:Oocysts of ticks and their endosymbionts.jpg
Oocysts of ticks and their endosymbionts.jpg
File:Life-cycle-of-ixodid-tick.jpg
Life-cycle-of-ixodid-tick.jpg
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Klopa med parjenjem-fotoBlazVerbic.jpg
File:Erkinis encefalitas, Pašušvio miškas.JPG
Erkinis encefalitas, Pašušvio miškas.JPG

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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 11.7 | Vital Level 4