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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Vet Parasitol. 2021 Feb 19;294:109392. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2021.109392

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

Amblyomma americanum, lone star tick, dorsal and ventral view of each stage and description of key morphologic features. From top to bottom: Female, male, nymph, larva. Descriptions adapted from:

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