Difference between revisions of "Tick Life Cycle"
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[[Image:Ticks mating.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Ixodes ricinus'' mating - Wikimedia Commons]] | [[Image:Ticks mating.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Ixodes ricinus'' mating - Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
[[Image:Ixodidae life cycle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Life cycle of Ixodidae family ticks - CDC, Wikimedia Commons]] | [[Image:Ixodidae life cycle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Life cycle of Ixodidae family ticks - CDC, Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
+ | *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''' | |
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− | + | *Both hard and soft ticks have the same life cycle | |
− | + | **Egg → larva → nymph → adult | |
− | + | *Soft ticks feed little and often and on '''many hosts''' | |
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− | + | '''Hard ticks''' | |
− | + | *Classified depending on the number of host species they parasitise during their life cycle | |
− | + | *Take one blood meal at each life cycle stage which lasts several days | |
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− | + | *'''One-host ticks''' | |
− | + | **Each stage feeds and develops on one host (the same host) | |
− | + | **E.g. ''Boophillus spp.'' | |
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+ | *'''Two-host ticks''' | ||
+ | **Larvae and nymphs feed on one host | ||
+ | **Adults feed on a second host | ||
+ | **E.g. ''Hyalomma'' | ||
− | + | *'''Three-host ticks''' | |
− | + | **Each stage feeds and develops on a different host | |
− | + | **E.g. ''Ixodes spp.''[[Category:Ticks]] | |
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Revision as of 10:58, 8 July 2010
- 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 host 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)
- E.g. Boophillus spp.
- Two-host ticks
- Larvae and nymphs feed on one host
- Adults feed on a second host
- E.g. Hyalomma
- Three-host ticks
- Each stage feeds and develops on a different host
- E.g. Ixodes spp.