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Tick Pictures!
"); document.write("There are a number of tick species in Minnesota. The most common is the wood tick, followed by the deer tick. We've assembled the following pictures to help you compare common wood ticks to not-so-common deer ticks.
Adult Wood Ticks![]()
Female Wood Tick
Note white U-shape
around her \"head\"![]()
Male Wood Tick
Note 2 white lightning
bolts down his back
Adult deer ticks![]()
Female Deer Tick
Note the orange to
reddish color![]()
Male Deer Tick
Is much smaller and is
brownish in color
Deer tick nymphs![]()
Nymph stage
This nymph stage
deer tick has
partially fed