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| − | |subtext1 =WIKIBUGS FLASHCARDS
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| − | [[Image:Deer tick.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Deer tick - Scott Bauer]]
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| − | ===Arachnids===
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| | <FlashCard questions="2"> | | <FlashCard questions="2"> |
| | |q1=What are the two divisions of the arachnid body? | | |q1=What are the two divisions of the arachnid body? |
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| | |l2=Arachnida#Life Cycle | | |l2=Arachnida#Life Cycle |
| | </FlashCard> | | </FlashCard> |
| − | ===Ticks===
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| − | <FlashCard questions="11"> | + | <big>'''[[Ticks Flashcards]] |
| − | |q1=What are seed ticks?
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| − | |a1=Tick larvae
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| − | |l1=Arachnida#Life Cycle
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| − | |q2=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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| − | |l2=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology
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| − | |q3=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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| − | |l3=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology
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| − | |q4=List the mouthparts of ticks
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| − | *Hypostome
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| − | *Chelicerae
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| − | *Palps
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| − | |l4=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Mouthparts
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| − | |q5=Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks:
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| − | <p>Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle.</p>
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| − | *little and often
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| − | *many
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| − | *one blood meal
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| − | *one, two or three
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| − | |l5=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Life Cycle
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| − | |q6=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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| − | |l6=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission
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| − | |q7=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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| − | |l7=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission
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| − | |q8=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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| − | |l8=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important UK Hard Ticks
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| − | |q9=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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| − | |l9=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Hard Ticks
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| − | |q10=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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| − | |l10=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Soft Ticks
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| − | |q11=
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| − | *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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| − | |l11=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Control
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| − | </FlashCard>
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| | ===Mites=== | | ===Mites=== |