Pest Organisms / Blacklegged Tick
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for Blacklegged Tick
Taxonomy was confirmed against ITIS, which lists Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821 in class Arachnida, order Ixodida, family Ixodidae. Source: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1117557 Identification, biology, range, and seasonality draw on Ohio State, University of Minnesota, UF/IFAS, University of Maine, and UW–Madison; human-disease facts use the CDC paired with the Minnesota Department of Health and Penn State. Review status: unreviewed. Source: https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0096