Stock Photo - TICK<BR>Argasidae family soft ticks possess a leathery integument rather than a tough scutum as do Ixodidae hard ticks. Soft North American ticks, i.e., family Argasidae, of the genus Antricola possess a tuberculated, or «knobby», roughened integument, as seen here from this close-up perspective. These ticks are parasites using bats as their hosts.

Stock Photo: TICK<BR>Argasidae family soft ticks possess a leathery integument rather than a tough scutum as do Ixodidae hard ticks. Soft North American ticks, i.e.

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