Changes

*Feed little and often as cannot swell as much as hard ticks

*Feed little and often as cannot swell as much as hard ticks

==Mouthparts==

===Mouthparts===

[[File:Mouthparts of Ixodes Holocyclus.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Moputhparts of Ixodes Holocyclus - Kevin Broady, Wikimedia Commons]]

[[File:Mouthparts of Ixodes Holocyclus.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Moputhparts of Ixodes Holocyclus - Kevin Broady, Wikimedia Commons]]

*Sensory organs for locating a feeding site called '''palps'''

There are 3 major constituents of the mouthparts of ticks; palps, chelicerae and the hypostome. The palps are sensory organs on protuding on either side of the capitulum, they are used to locate a suitable site for feeding. Once a suitable feeding site has been located the sharp chelicerae are used to create a puncture wound in the skin of the host. The hypostome is then pushed through the wound into the host, where it attaches using backwards facing teeth. A dorsal groove on the hypostome allows the downward flow of tick saliva into the host as well as the upward flow of host blood during tick feeding.

 

*Chelicerae for puncturing the skin

 

*The '''hypostome''' pushes through the wound made by the chelicerae where backwards pointing teeth lock the mouthparts into the skin

**Dorsal groove in the hypostome permits the flow of tick saliva and host blood

==Feeding==

==Feeding==