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 Image Number D2783-8 |
In a lab test, this lone star tick nymph (Amblyomma americanum) was exposed to a citrus rind chemical, placed upside down inside an untreated filter paper cylinder, and observed to see whether it could right itself.
Photo by Stephen Ausmus.
