Tick and eye of needle (15823907797)

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Description: Tiny tick, a species of Ixodidae. Turners Flat, NSW, Australia, December 2014. The body of the tick is about 0.4mm wide x 0.6mm long, including his nose. For size comparison, the eye of a needle. Note that this tick is recently-hatched, a first-instar larva, as one can see from its having just six legs. Later instars have eight legs. Date: 7 December 2014, 08:38. Source: Tick and eye of needle. Author: John Tann from Sydney, Australia. Camera location31° 01′ 06.92″ S, 152° 41′ 52.678″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-31.018589; 152.697966.