Splitting hairs to keep the public safe
February 24, 2026
February 24, 2026
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Feb. 24 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news:
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Splitting hairs to keep the public safe
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Counting the marginal dorsal hairs on blacklegged tick larvae would probably be a tedious affair for most people. But it is a normal day for me in the Medical Entomology Laboratory of the Illinois Natural History Survey.
I need a stereomicroscope to see the . . .
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Splitting hairs to keep the public safe
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Counting the marginal dorsal hairs on blacklegged tick larvae would probably be a tedious affair for most people. But it is a normal day for me in the Medical Entomology Laboratory of the Illinois Natural History Survey.
I need a stereomicroscope to see the . . .