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| *'''''Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult''''' | | *'''''Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult''''' |
| ||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | | ||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | ==<font color="purple">Ticks</font>== |
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| + | !width="400"|'''Question''' |
| + | !width="400"|'''Answer''' |
| + | !width="150"|'''Article''' |
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| |<big>'''What are seed ticks?''' | | |<big>'''What are seed ticks?''' |
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| *'''''Tick larvae''''' | | *'''''Tick larvae''''' |
| ||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | | ||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks?''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''Soft ticks have no scutum''''' |
| + | *'''''The mouthparts are not visible from the dorsal surface of soft ticks''''' |
| + | *'''''Hard ticks have festoons''''' |
| + | *'''''Hard ticks can be ornate''''' |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal''' |
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> |
| + | *'''''False''''' |
| + | *'''''Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding''''' |
| + | *'''''Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal''''' |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''List the mouthparts of ticks''' |
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| + | *'''''Hypostome''''' |
| + | *'''''Chelicerae''''' |
| + | *'''''Palps''''' |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Mouthparts|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| + | |<big>'''Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks''' |
| + | ||<big>Soft ticks feed <font color="white">'''''little and often'''''</font> and on <font color="white">'''''many hosts'''''</font>. Hard ticks take <font color="white">'''''one'''''</font> blood meal at each <font color="white">'''''life cycle stage'''''</font> and can feed on <font color="white">'''''one, two or three different hosts'''''</font> during their life cycle. |
| + | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] |
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| ==<font color="purple">Mites</font>== | | ==<font color="purple">Mites</font>== |