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| + | <big>'''Arachnids'''</big> |
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| + | <FlashCard questions="2"> |
− | |linkpage =Arthropods | + | |q1=What are the two divisions of the arachnid body? |
− | |linktext =ARTHROPODS | + | |a1= |
− | |sublink1 =Flash Cards - WikiBugs | + | *Cephalo-thorax |
− | |subtext1 =WIKIBUGS FLASHCARDS | + | *Abdomen |
− | |pagetype =Bugs | + | |l1=Arachnida_Structure_and_Function |
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| + | |q2=Summarise the arachnid life cycle |
− | [[Image:Deer tick.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Deer tick - Scott Bauer]]
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| + | *Larvae emerge from the egg |
| + | *Nymphal stage follows the larval stage |
| + | *Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult |
| + | |l2=Arachnida_Life_Cycles |
| + | </FlashCard> |
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− | ==<font color="purple">Arachnids</font>==
| + | <big>'''[[Ticks Flashcards]] |
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− | !width="400"|'''Question'''
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− | !width="400"|'''Answer'''
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− | !width="150"|'''Article'''
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− | |<big>'''What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?'''
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− | *'''''Cephalo-thorax'''''
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− | *'''''Abdomen'''''
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− | ||[[Arachnida#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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− | |<big>'''Summarise the arachnid life cycle'''
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− | *'''''Larvae emerge from the egg'''''
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− | *'''''Nymphal stage follows the larval stage'''''
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− | *'''''Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult'''''
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− | ||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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− | |}
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− | ==<font color="purple">Ticks</font>==
| + | '''[[Mites Flashcards]] |
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| + | </big> |
− | !width="400"|'''Question'''
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− | !width="400"|'''Answer'''
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− | !width="150"|'''Article'''
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− | |<big>'''What are seed ticks?'''
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− | *'''''Tick larvae'''''
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− | ||[[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?'''
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− | *'''''Soft ticks have no scutum'''''
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− | *'''''The mouthparts are not visible from the dorsal surface of soft ticks'''''
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− | *'''''Hard ticks have festoons'''''
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− | *'''''Hard ticks can be ornate'''''
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− | ||[[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'''
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− | *'''''False'''''
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− | *'''''Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding'''''
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− | *'''''Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal'''''
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− | ||[[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'''''
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− | *'''''Chelicerae'''''
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− | *'''''Palps'''''
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− | ||[[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'''
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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.
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− | ||[[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 '''''
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− | *'''''Babesia'''''
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− | ||[[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'''''
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− | *'''''Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)'''''
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− | *'''''It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg'''''
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− | ||[[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'''''
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− | *'''''3 host tick'''''
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− | *'''''Transmits Lyme Disease'''''
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− | ||[[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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− | *'''''Warmer climates''''
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− | *'''''Theileria parva for East Coast Fever'''''
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− | *'''''Babesia bigemina'''''
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− | *'''''Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis'''''
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− | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Hard Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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− | |<big>'''Name some important soft ticks'''
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− | *'''''Argas species''''
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− | *'''''Ornithodorus species'''''
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− | *'''''Otobius species'''''
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− | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Soft Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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− | |<big>'''What are the main methods of tick control?'''
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− | *'''''Killing ticks on the ground''''
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− | *'''''Separate the host from infection'''''
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− | *'''''Killing ticks on the host'''''
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− | *'''''Enhancing stock resistance'''''
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− | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Control|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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− | ==<font color="purple">Mites</font>==
| + | [[Category:Arachnida]][[Category:Parasite Flashcards]] |