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A Tick's LifeThe first in a series on revolting creatures.

By Constance CaseyPosted Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 8:04 AM ET

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Constance Casey, a former newspaper editor, was a New York City Department of Parks gardener for five years. E-mail gardening questions to .
Photograph of deer tick by Scott Bauer/U.S. Department of Agriculture. Photograph of tick mouth by Rocky Mountain Labs, NIAID, NIH.
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