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This illustration depicts two dorsal views of two representative Ixodid hard ticks, highlighting a structure on their dorsal surface, known as a scutum. The tick on the left is a male, exhibiting a hard scutum that covers its entire back, while the unfed female tick on the right, exhibits a very small scutum, allowing her abdomen to greatly expand when ingesting her blood meal.
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Content Provider(s): CDC
Creation Date: 1976
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