A tick removal and capturing device of embodiments of the disclosed technology includes a first end and a second end removably attachable to the first end, with a pivot point attached there-between. A removably attached combination of the first and second ends form a tick removal head and a tick encapsulation chamber, the chamber disposed between the tick removal head and the pivot point. The tick encapsulation chamber is adapted to substantially fully encapsulate a tick therein in the removably attached combination.

A device for moving an acarine parasite which has penetrated the skin of a host, in particular a tick, has a drive, in particular an electromotive drive, which is received in a housing, and an attachment, which has an interface on the drive side and can be rotated about a rotational axis and which contains a number of fibers arranged in the form of bristles as a fiber assembly. The fiber assembly has a recess, preferably a coaxial recess, in particular a conical or truncated conical or parabolic recess, and a fiber wreath assembly, which is formed by the fibers at the free ends thereof along the circumference of the recess and which has at least one fiber wreath with a wreath width which is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm, preferably 0.80.4.