This video shows Opaque and transparent confocal microscopic rendering demonstrating the positions of the paired chelicerae of a nymphal Ixodes ricinus tick relative to the surface of a host and the articulation of the cheliceral digits within the chelicerae.
Please see the research paper 'How ticks get under your skin: insertion mechanics of the feeding apparatus of Ixodes ricinus ticks' by Richter et al, published in Proceedings B ([ Ссылка ])
