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||<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.
||<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>]]
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this'''
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*'''''Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg '''''
*'''''Babesia'''''
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is trans-stadial transmission?'''
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*'''''Parasite or microbial organism is ingested during feeding'''''
*'''''Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)'''''
*'''''It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg'''''
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?'''
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*'''''Ixodes species''''
*'''''3 host tick'''''
*'''''Transmits Lyme Disease'''''
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important UK Hard Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?'''
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*'''''Ixodes species''''
*'''''3 host tick'''''
*'''''Transmits Lyme Disease'''''
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important UK Hard Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Mites</font>==
==<font color="purple">Mites</font>==