Opportunistic tick on edge of bracken fern waiting to grab onto a passing host

opportunistic tick questing pest ixodida edge bracken fern bloodsucker ixodes ricinus bloodsucking grab onto passing host outstretched front legs ectoparasite opportunist leaf parasite grasps cling to leave ixodoidea parasitic bracken external parasites idiosomas tick fever hematophagy closeup disease infectious blood sucking tickborne lyme arachnids hematophages arachnida tickborne disease pathogens danger infection illness beware fauna anaplasmosis ehrlichiosis powassan virus borrelia miyamotoi tularemia