Deer tick (Nymph)
1.5 mm (0.05906 in)
Nymph body length
A young blacklegged tick, the stage most likely to pass on Lyme disease. About 1.5 mm, the size of a poppy seed.
Published
How big is that?
1.5 mm is 21 times the width of a human hair and 21% of a grain of rice.
Deer tick is the 15th largest of the 32 Tiny Worlds objects, and the 18th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Black peppercorn (Kitchen Table), 4.865 mm across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Deer tick in orange beside the Tiny Worlds objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Deer tick |
|---|---|---|
| Nematode worm (C. elegans)Caenorhabditis elegans, the tiny worm behind several Nobel prizes. | 1 mm long | 67% of the size |
| Poppy seedA kidney-shaped seed from the opium poppy, the kind on bagels. | 1.01 mm long | 67% of the size |
| Deer tick (Nymph) | 1.5 mm long | – |
| Green peach aphid (Wingless adult)A sap-sucking garden pest, seen from the side with its two tail pipes. | 1.85 mm long | 1.2× bigger |
| Chia seedA small speckled seed from Salvia hispanica. | 1.96 mm long | 1.3× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 0.15 |
| Metres | 0.0015 |
| Inches | 0.05906 |
How it's measured
Nymph body length. Ohio State University fact sheet.
Sources
- cfaes.osu.edu: Ohio State CFAES: about the size of a poppy seed (1.5 millimeters).
- animaldiversity.org (supporting): Animal Diversity Web: nymphs about 1-2 mm in length.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Deer tick is one of the objects in Tiny Worlds, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.