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Ticks have 8 legs & cannot fly. A deer ked has 6 legs & a pair of wings which it sheds after landing on a possible host. For this reason, deer Keds (member of fly family) is mistaken for deer ticks.

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A Tick in classed as an archnid and has 8 legs 4 on each side of its body.

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