Image of Lone Star Tick
Description:
This photograph depicts a dorsal view of an engorged female "lone star tick", Amblyomma americanum. Note a number of round, amber-colored eggs showing from beneath the head region, which were just laid by this female. An engorged female of this species can lay approximately 2000-2500 eggs. To view additional images related to this tick specie, see PHIL 4407, 8676, 8677, 8678, and 8680 through 8685.
Created: 2006
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Chelicerata (chelicerates)
- Arachnida (arachnids)
- Acari (mites)
- Parasitiformes (parasitiform)
- Ixodida (ticks)
- Ixodoidea
- Ixodidae (hard ticks)
- Amblyomma
- Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star Tick)
- Panarthropoda
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-publicdomain
- photographer
- James Gathany
- provider
- Public Health Image Library
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- Public Health Image Library
- ID
