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Movie 2.

Example video of the single animal tick-on-a-stick CO2 responses. Responses to ambient air and 4% CO2 of an adult female Ixodes scapularis, tethered to a metal rod and placed on an air-supported ball that acts as an omnidirectional treadmill.

The black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis detects CO2 without the Haller's organ

Carola Städele

Journal of Experimental Biology 2024. 227:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.246874