Below are the photos submitted for the "Best macro photo of a tick" category. All photos are copyrighted by their authors. The photos are listed in the order they were received.

 

MA1: Florian Taraveau - Ornithodoros moubata (adult males) - Fashion is Tick:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA2: Helen Esser - Questing Amblyomma tapirellum:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA3: Helen Esser Helen - male and female Amblyomma dissimile feeding on a cane toad:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA4: Vincent Cicculli - Dermacentor marginatus - Miss and Mister spotted tick:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA5: Paloma Kiwan - Hyalomma marginatum - Le petit Dracula de Corse:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA6: Andrei Daniel Mihalca - Ixodex ricinus - Questing in the city 1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA7: Andrei Daniel Mihalca - Dermacentor reticulatus - Questing in the city 2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA8: Andrei Daniel Mihalca - Dermacentor reticulatus - Questing in the city 3:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA9: Andrei Daniel Mihalca - Amblyomma sp. on Geochelone pardalis in Kenya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA10: Ala Tabor - Ixodes holocyclus - Semi engorged female:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA11: Jan Erhart - Ixodes ricinus - Natur ticks: double:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA12: Jan Erhart - Ixodes ricinus - Natur ticks: female and spider:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA13: Jan Erhart - Ixodes ricinus - Natur ticks: mating season:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA14: Jan Erhart - Ixodes ricinus - Natur ticks: none activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA15: Jan Erhart - Ixodes ricinus - Natur ticks: spring rush:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA16: Jan Erhart - Ixodes ricinus - Natur ticks: together:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA17: Ronel Pienaar - Nuttalliella namaqua - Origins & Ancestors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA18: Marlene Dupraz - Ornithodoros maritimus - I've got you under my skin:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA19: Marlene Dupraz - Ixodes uriae - Through the cold of the poles:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA20: Marlene Dupraz - Bristle style of an unknown Ornithodoros.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA21: Mehmet Can Ulucesme - Hyalomma marginatum:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA22: Mehmet Can Ulucesme - Rhipicephalus bursa engorged nymph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA23: Munir Aktas - Dermacentor raskemensis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA24: Sezayi Ozubek - Rhipicephalus sanguineus eggs in the nature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA25: Oksana Yurchenko - Dermacentor marginatus - Questing ticks in Danube delta:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA26: Lidia Chitimia-Dobler - Ixodes ricinus female and Dermacentor reticulatus male - We search together: