Arachnid Flashcards

ARTHROPODS WIKIBUGS FLASHCARDS

Deer tick - Scott Bauer

Arachnids

Question	Answer	Article
What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?	Cephalo-thorax Abdomen	Link to Answer Article
Summarise the arachnid life cycle	Larvae emerge from the egg Nymphal stage follows the larval stage Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult	Link to Answer Article

Ticks

Question	Answer	Article
What are seed ticks?	Tick larvae	Link to Answer Article
How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks?	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	Link to Answer Article
True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal	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	Link to Answer Article
List the mouthparts of ticks	Hypostome Chelicerae Palps	Link to Answer Article
Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks	Soft ticks feed little and often and on many hosts. Hard ticks take one blood meal at each life cycle stage and can feed on one, two or three different hosts during their life cycle.	Link to Answer Article
What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this	Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg Babesia	Link to Answer Article
What is trans-stadial transmission?	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	Link to Answer Article
What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?	Ixodes species 3 host tick Transmits Lyme Disease	Link to Answer Article
What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?	Warmer climates Theileria parva for East Coast Fever Babesia bigemina Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis	Link to Answer Article
Name some important soft ticks	Argas species Ornithodorus species Otobius species	Link to Answer Article
What are the main methods of tick control?	Killing ticks on the ground Separate the host from infection Killing ticks on the host Enhancing stock resistance	Link to Answer Article