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Pictures of Ticks on Dogs

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Dog tick sucking the inside of a dog’s ear.


Dog Ticks right after it was pulled off of the dogs ear. (Top 2 photos)Notice the chunk of dog’s skin which is still in the ticks mouth.


Top – Dog Tick full of blood after it has been sucking for a few days. Bottom – Dog Tick with an empty belly.


Close up shot of the almost full dog tick. Notice the skin is still in its mouth after it was pulled off of the dog.


Ixodes pacificus (Western black-legged tick). Sometimes called Lyme Ticks

Tick taken off of a dog. Ticks numb the skin, and then drink and grow a big blood belly