Deer ticks are VERY small in comparison to others, such as the 'dog tick'. They are tiny black insects with six legs. Deer ticks are also the leading cause of Lyme Disease. For more information and many helpful photos you can visit http://www.oes.org/html/how_2_identify_different_ticks.html
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The deer tick's genus is Ixodes; its species is I. scapularis.
A deer tick is a parasitic arthropod that is normally found on deer in the adult stage. However, the same tick may be found on small mammals like mice and foxes when the ticks are younger. The deer tick is mostly known for carrying Lyme disease.
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The deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) is an intermediate host for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The bacterium is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected deer tick.
deer tick is the type of tick that buries in the skin.
A deer tick sucks blood from the deers back.
The symbiosis relationship of a deer and a tick is parasitism. The deer is the harmed host and the tick is harming the host.
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There's three reasons a deer ticks mostly get on deers and a tick mostly get on humans head or body. A deer tick gets on ticks and a tick just sucks blood from a human. A deer tick is much harder to get off then a tick.
They don't live together intentionally, but because deer do take refuge under trees and in brush, and ticks live in trees and brush, they're thrust together just like humans are...Because deer tick suck the deers blood. The deer is the deer ticks' host.