Keywords: Ixodes scapularis.jpg Ixodes scapularis vecteur de la maladie de Lyme These black-legged ticks Ixodes scapularis are found on a wide range of hosts including mammals birds and reptiles Black-legged ticks I scapularis are known to transmit Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi to humans and animals during feeding when they insert their mouth parts into the skin of a host and slowly take in the nutrient-rich host blood This image is in the public domain http //phil cdc gov/phil/detail asp id 1669 fr wikipedia Content Provider s CDC/ Michael L Levin Ph D Photo Credit Jim Gathany PD-USGov original upload log page fr wikipedia Ixodes_scapularis jpg 2004-06-18 18 51 Cham 700×451× 42121 bytes <nowiki>Ixodes scapularis vecteur de la maladie de Lyme</nowiki> Ixodes scapularis |