Hitchhiking Tick

2008-07-08 Kitchen, Raspberries, Tick 045, originally uploaded by jessica_beagan.

At least I think it's a tick. I could be better at identifying bugs. Nevertheless, we had a stowaway --- this tick was clinging to one of the raspberries I picked from out in the yard. I found him when I rinsed the berries. Ironically, right around the time I discovered, squashed, and photographed this guy, another tick found my brother while he was working and bit him. I got lucky, especially given the pregnancy. God only knows what would happen if I got Lyme Disease or some other such vectored illness at 22 weeks.