[[Image:Ixodes ricinus.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Ixodes ricinus'' - Richard Bartz, Wikimedia Commons]]
[[Image:Ixodes ricinus.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Ixodes ricinus'' - Richard Bartz, Wikimedia Commons]]
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The important tick species in the UK are all hard ticks as the environ ment does not suit the survival of soft ticks. They are distinguishable by differences in the [[tick morphology|morphology]] of the various important genera.