Arachnid Flashcards

Deer tick - Scott Bauer

Arachnids

Question	Answer	Article
What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?	Cephalo-thorax Abdomen	Link to Answer Article
Summarise the arachnid life cycle	Larvae emerge from the egg Nymphal stage follows the larval stage Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult	Link to Answer Article

Question	Answer	Article
What are seed ticks?	Tick larvae	Link to Answer Article
How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks?	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	Link to Answer Article
True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal	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	Link to Answer Article
List the mouthparts of ticks	Hypostome Chelicerae Palps	Link to Answer Article
Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks	Soft ticks feed little and often and on many hosts. Hard ticks take one blood meal at each life cycle stage and can feed on one, two or three different hosts during their life cycle.	Link to Answer Article