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==Life Cycle==
==Life Cycle==
*Ticks are temporary parasites so only spend a short period of their lives on the host species
*When larvae are seeking a host they are known as '''seed ticks'''
*Both hard and soft ticks have the same life cycle
**Egg - larva - nymph - adult
*Soft ticks feed little and often and on '''many hosts'''
'''Hard Ticks'''
*Classified depending on the number of hosts species they parasitise during their life cycle
*Take one blood meal at each life cycle stage which lasts several days
*'''One-host ticks'''
**Each stage feeds and develops on one host (the same host)
*'''Two-host ticks'''
**Larvae and nymphs feed on one host
**Adults feed on a second host
**E.g. ''Hyalomma''
**E.g. ''Boophillus spp.''
*'''Three-host ticks'''
**Each stage feeds and develops on a different host
**E.g. ''Ixodes spp.''
==Disease Transmission==
==Disease Transmission==