<i >Ixodes scapularis</i> (Blacklegged Tick)

Ixodes scapularis (Blacklegged Tick)

This image shows an adult blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, which transmits Babesia microti, a causative agent of babesiosis; Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis; and Borrelia burgdorferi, a causative agent of Lyme disease.

CDC/ Jim Gathany