Parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick). Synonym: Ixodes scapularis.
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Words linked to "Black-legged tick" : hard tick, ixodid, genus Ixodes, Ixodes |
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