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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
Ticks are temporary ectoparasites meaning that they only spend a short period of their lives on the host species, the rest of the time is spent free living in the environment. Ticks life cycles consist of 3 stages; larva, nymph and adult. Between each life stage the tick must take at least one blood meal in order to develop to the next stage or to produce eggs. [[Hard ticks]] take a single large blood meal at each life stage where as [[soft ticks]] feed in smaller meals more frequently and can do so on many hosts.
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Ticks are temporary ectoparasites meaning that they only spend a short period of their lives on the host species, the rest of the time is spent free living in the environment. Ticks life cycles consist of 3 stages; larva, nymph and adult. Between each life stage the tick must take at least one blood meal in order to develop to the next stage or to produce eggs. Hard ticks take a single large blood meal at each life stage where as soft ticks feed in smaller meals more frequently and can do so on many hosts.
     
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