Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
I found this tick on my and decided to take a few pictures. I started by putting it under the microscope, but the lowest power of that wouldn’t let me get the entire tick in the frame, so they are less helpful in trying to identify it. The depth of field was also quite low through the microscope (which is to be expected). So, I switched to a 24mm lens attached to a bellows on my camera. The bellows was for my old, non-autofocus Canon cameras (F-1 and A-1). With a lens mount converter, I’m able to mount it on my autofocus EOS 90D. The body on the EOS is thicker than the F-1, meaning that any old lens I attach won’t be able to focus to infinity, but since this is a macro shot, that doesn’t matter. It was identified as a nymph of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)