Pest Organisms / Blacklegged Tick
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for Blacklegged Tick
The blacklegged tick, also called the deer tick, is a small eight-legged arachnid of the eastern United States and the species most associated with passing Lyme disease to people. It is tiny, patient, and a champion hitchhiker that never turns down a ride. Source: https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0096