Tick before and after feeding

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Description: English: Two ticks of the species ixodes holocyclus, picked off koalas in the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The small tick had not yet started feeding, while the other had probably been at work for a couple of days. The amount of blood inside the larger tick is probably around 5 millilitres. Русский: Два клеща вида ixodes holocyclus, снятые с коал в Koala Hospital в Port Macquarie, Новый Южный Уэльс, Австралия. Маленький клещ не успел начать питаться; второй, вероятно, уже прозанимался этим пару дней. Количество крови в большем клеще, по-видимому, около 5 мл. Date: 14 January 2009. Source: Own work by uploader, http://bjornfree.com/galleries.html. Author: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen. Camera location31° 26′ 36″ S, 152° 55′ 07″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-31.443333; 152.918611.