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: black-legged tick.
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Words linked to "Ixodes scapularis" : ixodid, genus Ixodes, Ixodes, hard tick |
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