


Ticks come in a variety of colors as regards specific species. Generally smaller than a sunflower seed (1/8 inch); yet if engorged with blood adults can be up to 5/8-inch long. Nymphal (or immature) ticks are less than 1/16-inch. Common problem ticks include the American dog tick, deer or black legged tick and lone star tick.
While some species require moisture to survive, others can and do, in more arid environments. They habituate near wooded and highly vegetated areas.
They consume blood meals during all of the four developmental stages in a tick's lifecycle. All females and males of most species feed on blood of mammals, birds and reptiles.
From egg and larvae, to nymph and adult; ticks have only six
legs during their larval stage and eight legs during the
nymphal and adult stages. A tick's life cycle will
support and transfer pathogens (organisms that cause
diseases) in the animals they infect and can be passed
through all stages of a tick's life cycle.
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