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    (c) Darin J McGuire, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Western Black-legged Tick

Ixodes pacificus

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Ixodes pacificus, the Western black-legged tick, is a species of Ixodes, a parasitic tick found on the western coast of North America. It is the principal vector of Lyme Disease in that region.

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