Tick mouthpart / Mundwerkzeug einer Zecke

Dorsal view of a female tick (Ixodes sp.) with opened pedipalps at around 24x magnification on full frame sensor, slightly cropped. 179 exposures taken with Nikon BD Plan 20x/0.40 ELWD, Morfanon tube lens, flash, ISO 100, Zerene stacker, mix of DMap & PMax method.

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