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Recent work by Sutton and Arthur ( unpublished data ) shows that unfed I . ricinus
females are reddish or yellowish - brown in colour . When fully fed they become a
deep blue - grey or blue - grey tinged with brown , and partially engorged ticks ...
Recent work by Sutton and Arthur ( unpublished data ) shows that unfed I . ricinus
females are reddish or yellowish - brown in colour . When fully fed they become a
deep blue - grey or blue - grey tinged with brown , and partially engorged ticks ...
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Light - orientating mechanisms , even in eyeless ticks , are most rapid if the tick
encounters a horizontal beam of light head on , from which Lees deduced that all
parts of the integument of 1 . ricinus are not equally sensitive to light stimulation .
Light - orientating mechanisms , even in eyeless ticks , are most rapid if the tick
encounters a horizontal beam of light head on , from which Lees deduced that all
parts of the integument of 1 . ricinus are not equally sensitive to light stimulation .
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the sheep ' s wool for attachment by the ticks , and at 37°C it becomes highly
attractive . To determine how temperature and odour interact to produce optimum
conditions for the attachment of ticks , Lees carried out experiments using living ...
the sheep ' s wool for attachment by the ticks , and at 37°C it becomes highly
attractive . To determine how temperature and odour interact to produce optimum
conditions for the attachment of ticks , Lees carried out experiments using living ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CUTICLETHE KEY TO Tick ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES | 27 |
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| Title | Ticks and Disease Volume 9 of International series of monographs on pure and applied biology: Division, Zoology, ISSN 0074-8307 |
| Author | Don Ramsay Arthur |
| Publisher | Elsevier Science & Technology, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0080095801, 9780080095806 |
| Length | 445 pages |
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