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Ixodes ricinus
This is a male Ixodes ricinus tick (smaller) shown copulating with a female tick (larger).
I. ricinus, the “castor bean” tick, so called because of its resemblance to the castor bean, is a vector for the B. burgdorferi spirochete, the cause of Lyme disease, and is commonly found on farm animals, and deer who are the natural host.

This image comes from the US federal government's Centers for Disease Control PHIL (Public health image library), with identification number: #3809
Note that this work may have been originally produced outside of the US government.
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