What do ticks look like & where do you find them ?
You may see ticks in different forms corresponding to the 4 stages of development.
They are acarids (related to spiders) and adults have 8 legs.
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| What ? |
Where ? |
What does it look like ? |
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| Eggs |
- Different areas outdoors, depending on the species (very rarely seen)
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- Tiny round yellowish ball
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| Larvae |
- Outdoors (questing)
- On the host (attached, +/- engorged)
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- Very little 0.5 – 1 mm
- 6 legged
- Difficult to see
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| Nymphs |
- Outdoors (questing)
- On the host (attached, +/- engorged)
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- 3 – 5 mm when fasting
- 8 legged
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| Adults (male and female) | - Outdoors (questing or laying eggs for females)
- On the host (attached, +/- engorged for females)
| - 5 – 10 mm up to 30 mm (engorged females)
- female > male
- 8 legged
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