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a tick navigates through the hair on the back of Fred's finger after hiking Cole Hill in June in New Hampshire

Oops, a nasty little tick navigates through the hairs on the back of my finger. It is a Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis), also called Wood Tick. It is 1/8 inch long.

BIG PHOTO             see: Deer Tick