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|q1=What are seed ticks?
|q1=What are seed ticks?
|a1=Tick larvae
|a1=Tick larvae
|l1=Arachnida#Life Cycle
|l1=Arachnida_Life_Cycles
|q2=How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks?
|q2=How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks?
|a2=
|a2=
*Hard ticks have festoons
*Hard ticks have festoons
*Hard ticks can be ornate
*Hard ticks can be ornate
|l2=Ticks#Morphology
|l2=Tick_Morphology
|q3=True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal
|q3=True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal
|a3=
|a3=
*Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding
*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
*Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal
|l3=Ticks#Morphology
|l3=Tick_Morphology
|q4=List the mouthparts of ticks
|q4=List the mouthparts of ticks
|a4=
|a4=
*Chelicerae
*Chelicerae
*Palps
*Palps
|l4=Ticks#Mouthparts
|l4=Tick_Morphology
|q5=Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks:
|q5=Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks:
<p>Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle.</p>
<p>Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle.</p>
*one blood meal
*one blood meal
*one, two or three
*one, two or three
|l5=Ticks#Life Cycle
|l5=Tick_Life Cycle
|q6=What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this
|q6=What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this
|a6=
|a6=
*Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg
*Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg
*Babesia
*Babesia
|l6=Ticks#Disease Transmission
|l6=Tick_Disease Transmission
|q7=What is trans-stadial transmission?
|q7=What is trans-stadial transmission?
|a7=
|a7=
*Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)
*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
*It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg
|l7=Ticks#Disease Transmission
|l7=Tick_Disease Transmission
|q8=What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?
|q8=What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?
|a8=
|a8=
*3 host tick
*3 host tick
*Transmits Lyme Disease
*Transmits Lyme Disease
|l8=Hard Ticks - UK
|l8=Ixodes_spp.#UK_species
|q9=What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?
|q9=What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?
|a9=
|a9=
*Babesia bigemina
*Babesia bigemina
*Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis
*Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis
|l9=Hard Ticks - Overseas
|l9=Rhipicephalus_spp.
|q10=Name some important soft ticks
|q10=Name some important soft ticks
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