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[[Image:Ticks mating.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Ixodes ricinus'' mating - Wikimedia Commons]]
[[Image:Ticks mating.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Ixodes ricinus'' mating - Wikimedia Commons]]
===Important Hard Ticks===
===Important Hard Ticks===
====''Ixodes'' spp.====
*''Ixodes ricinus''
**3 host tick
**Life cycle takes an average of 3 years to complete (range of 2-7 years)
**Only feed for a few days each year at each life cycle stage
**Most of their time is spent on the ground
**Adult female lays several thousand eggs on the ground in matted vegetation
***E.g. Rough pasture, hedgerows etc.
*''Ixodes canisuga''
**Host specific dog tick
**Problem in kennels
*''Ixodes hexagonus''
**Hedgehogs, dogs, cats, ferrets and wealels
**Common in small animal practice
*''Haemaphysalis'' sp.
*''Haemaphysalis'' sp.
**Involved in the spread of ''Theileria'' and ''Babesia'' spp.
**Involved in the spread of ''Theileria'' and ''Babesia'' spp.
**E.g. ''H. aegyptium'' is a parasite of tortoises in North Africa which has been spread around the world by the pet trade
**E.g. ''H. aegyptium'' is a parasite of tortoises in North Africa which has been spread around the world by the pet trade
===Important Soft Ticks===
===Important Soft Ticks===