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<big>'''Arachnids'''</big>
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|q1=What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?
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*Cephalo-thorax
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*Abdomen
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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
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*Nymphal stage follows the larval stage
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*Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult
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==<font color="purple">Arachnids</font>==
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<big>'''[[Ticks Flashcards]]
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|<big>'''What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?'''
 
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*'''''Cephalo-thorax'''''
 
*'''''Abdomen'''''
 
||[[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'''''
 
*'''''Nymphal stage follows the larval stage'''''
 
*'''''Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult'''''
 
||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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==<font color="purple">Ticks</font>==
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'''[[Mites Flashcards]]
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
 
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|<big>'''What are seed ticks?'''
 
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*'''''Tick larvae'''''
 
||[[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'''''
 
*'''''The mouthparts are not visible from the dorsal surface of soft ticks'''''
 
*'''''Hard ticks have festoons'''''
 
*'''''Hard ticks can be ornate'''''
 
||[[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'''''
 
*'''''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'''''
 
||[[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'''''
 
*'''''Chelicerae'''''
 
*'''''Palps'''''
 
||[[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'''
 
||<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>]]
 
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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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*'''''Warmer climates'''''
 
*'''''Theileria parva for East Coast Fever'''''
 
*'''''Babesia bigemina'''''
 
*'''''Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis'''''  
 
||[[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'''''
 
*'''''Ornithodorus species'''''
 
*'''''Otobius species'''''
 
||[[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'''''
 
*'''''Separate the host from infection'''''
 
*'''''Killing ticks on the host'''''
 
*'''''Enhancing stock resistance'''''
 
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Control|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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==<font color="purple">Mites</font>==
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[[Category:Arachnida]][[Category:Parasite Flashcards]]
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
 
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|<big>'''How many pairs of legs do adult and nymph mites have respectively?'''
 
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*'''''Adults have 4 pairs of legs'''''
 
*'''''Nymphs have 3 pairs of legs'''''
 
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Astigmata Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What is the main feature which distinguishes burrowing mites from non-burrowing mites?'''
 
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*'''''Burrowing mites have short legs which project only a small distance from the body'''''
 
*'''''Non-burrowing mites have longer legs'''''
 
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Sarcoptidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Is ''Sarcoptes'' as burrowing or non-burrowing mite?'''
 
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*'''''Buurrowing'''''
 
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Sarcoptidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What clinical signs present in an infection caused by ''Sarcoptes'' mites?'''
 
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*'''''Erythema with papule formation'''''
 
*'''''Intense pruritis'''''
 
*'''''Wrinkling and thickening of the skin'''''
 
*'''''Scabies'''''
 
*'''''Rash may present if a hypersensitivity reaction develops'''''
 
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Sarcoptidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 7 February 2011

Arachnids

Question Answer Article
What are the two divisions of the arachnid body? Link to Article
Summarise the arachnid life cycle Link to Article


Ticks Flashcards

Mites Flashcards