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An engorged deer tick sits precariously on the fingertip of Catherine Hill, a Purdue entomology assistant professor and tick genome project lead investigator. Ticks can spread a variety of illnesses to humans and other animals, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and tick-borne encephalitic diseases.
(Purdue Agricultural Communications photo/Tom Campbell)
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A female tick, engorged with blood after feeding, lays tiny eggs in clusters as big as her body.
(Purdue University photo)
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