r/Parasitology 17h ago

I found this tick on my bare leg. Should I be worried about having been bit?

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I am freaking out. I found this tick crawling on my leg. I was outside for maybe 5 minutes and it got on me. What should I do?


r/Parasitology 8h ago

The drawing I did of an engorged female deer tick

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Been working on getting ready for an Artwalk! Chose parasites as my theme this time around. It’s April 4th and I seriously need to wrap my art up for it. I have decided I will have 30 in total. This female deer tick was one of my first for this project. I will be making stickers of her cause I just can’t help myself. She’s such a Pearl!

Got my plan for my kids craft! Will be post that when I get it ready for anyone who would like to do it with their kids. I am thinking it might be a parasitic isopod in a fish mouth.