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... fed for only a very short time to ticks which are nearly fully engorged . Fully engorged ticks are almost always dark in colour , although exceptions to this are found . In our preliminary observa- tions , fully fed light ticks failed ...
... fed for only a very short time to ticks which are nearly fully engorged . Fully engorged ticks are almost always dark in colour , although exceptions to this are found . In our preliminary observa- tions , fully fed light ticks failed ...
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... Fully fed larva drops to ground to larva Eggs laid by female LIFE HISTORY Larva moults to nymph Fully fed female drops from host to ground OF A THREE - HOST TICK Nymph attaches and feeds on host No 2 ( a ) Host No.3 Female attaches and ...
... Fully fed larva drops to ground to larva Eggs laid by female LIFE HISTORY Larva moults to nymph Fully fed female drops from host to ground OF A THREE - HOST TICK Nymph attaches and feeds on host No 2 ( a ) Host No.3 Female attaches and ...
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... fully fed and deposit their eggs , from which larvae emerge ; the larvae then feed until replete , detach themselves from the host , metamorphose into nymphs on the ground and feed again on another host and drop off . The fully fed ...
... fully fed and deposit their eggs , from which larvae emerge ; the larvae then feed until replete , detach themselves from the host , metamorphose into nymphs on the ground and feed again on another host and drop off . The fully fed ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CUTICLEThe Key to TICK ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT | 27 |
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activity Africa Amblyomma andersoni animals appear areas argasid Argasidae attached Babesia basis capituli bite body Boophilus broad capitulum cattle cells Cervical grooves cheliceral colour coxa coxal cuticle cytoplasm Dermacentor disease dogs dorsal view eggs endocuticle engorged epicuticle evertsi external spur feeding fluid fully fed genus granules Haemaphysalis hairs hard ticks hexagonus Hoogstraal host humidity Hyalomma hypostome infection inner Ixodes ricinus Ixodidae large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male membrane microplus moult muscles Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur palp palpi parasites pathogens period persicus pharynx posterior margin punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae rounded salivary glands sanguineus scutum sheep skin soft ticks spermatophore spiracle Spiracular plate spirochaetes spotted fever spur on coxa surface tarsus tarsus IV temperature Theileria tick species tissues transmission transmitted transverse unfed females variabilis vector ventral virus whilst