A mum in East Lothian had to pull a blood-sucking tick from her son's head after a day out at a local beauty spot.
Eleonora Ambus spent a sunny Easter weekend with her seven-year-old son at John Muir Country Park and believes this is when the insect attached itself on the side of his head.
After he complained of an itchy head, the caring mum discovered the devouring beast stuck onto his flesh days later and removed it straight away with tweezers - as advised.
