pix and flix of tix

We've gathered a few photos and video clips that show ticks, and some of the typical issues associated specifically with tick bites. 

flix of ticks:

nix-tix is the fastest and most accurate
way to remove a live tick! This video shows the 1mm nix-tix in use. 
Removing  a tick on a pet dog, with
​ the 3mm nix-tix tick remover.
Removing  a tick on a cat, with
​ the 3mm nix-tix tick remover.
nix-tix after whole tick
extraction - tick is alive
​and crawling around!
how a tick attaches itself.
nix-tix in action! Removing mouth parts
and portions of tick's head after a tweezer
or other device was used unsuccessfully.
a Deer tick searching for a soft entry point.
They tend to target the head, neck  or ears,
where the skin is thinner, but they will latch on anywhere.
​
and they are off! a great example of slow and steady wins the race (wait for it)
​

pix of tick​s:

​incomplete
​extraction

tick's head is still embedded
following a standard
​tweezer extraction
failed attempt at self-removal
using regular tweezers.
(head remains burried)
another example of a failed attempt
at using a different tick removal
​tool, residual mouth parts visible.
​preparing to extract
a tick using nix-tix
 

rashes &
​bruising

Lyme disease rash
(Erythema Migrans rash)
following a tick bite. 
bull's-eye rash of Lyme disease.
 Also known as an
​Erthema Migrans rash.
tick embedded at the center of
the bull's-eye rash
​ (Erythema Migrans)
tick actively feeding,
​embedded for
unknown duration.

feeding &
different species

fully attached tick, feeding. 

​
an engorged Brown Dog tick
​on the prowl
​
several castor bean ticks gather
​ on a pet pig
​(the ticks engorged from feeding)
another example of tick
actively feeding

species of tick:

Cayenne ticks

​
Western Black Legged Tick
​(engorged with blood)

​
Pacific Coast tick

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Castor Bean tick

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Engorged Deer tick
that just fed
​
Brown Dog tick

​
Lone Star tick
on the prowl for
​an easy meal
American Dog tick

​
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
on blade of grass
​
female American Dog tick

​
Castor Bean tick
under magnification
 
Castor Bean tick
on the prowl
​
Gulf coast tick
​blending in perfectly
​
Female
American Dog tick
​
Western Blacklegged tick
on the prowl  
​
live Deer tick embedded
 ​in the scalp.
​
Meadow tick

​
Deer tick.
(can carry Lyme disease,
​Ehrlichiosis and Babesiosis).​

ticks around the world:

red-billed oxpeckers hard at
​work picking ticks from a
​giraffe in Africa.
South African bont ticks
feasting ​on the belly of a 
​giraffe in Kenya.
​
a closer look at a tick feasting 
on a giraffe. No animals are safe from
​the dozens of African tick species.
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We'll keep adding images and videos over the coming months
so be sure to ​check back in from time to time.

​we won't make you wait as long as this guy though....