Bat Ticks (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Bat Ticks

Caption

Live larval bat ticks (Carios kelleyi) removed in 2019 from big brown bats in Mercer County, New Jersey.

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J. Occi/Rutgers Center for Vector Biology

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