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Demonstration of tick dragging in the field. The series of panels show (A) walking to the pace of the ‘wedding march’ (approximately 50 m/min, a 30-min mile, or 1.8 miles/h) with the drag cloth trailing behind the collector, (B) pausing after 15 m to remove any collected ticks, and (C) a size comparison of Ixodes pacificus at each life stage to demonstrate the differences in size of the three tick life stages. Photographs by Andrea Swei and Sam McDuff.
