tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post1319877791200884013..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 376ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-27342127412626692882015-12-16T11:05:00.978-06:002015-12-16T11:05:00.978-06:00I think Ixodes female as well! Nice Catch!
LeeI think Ixodes female as well! Nice Catch!<br /><br />LeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-83160837824957777252015-12-15T03:55:40.124-06:002015-12-15T03:55:40.124-06:00Same answer, this is definitly a tick engorged lyi...Same answer, this is definitly a tick engorged lying eggs.<br /><br />Another example of tick lying eggs...<br /><a href="http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=143642" rel="nofollow">French tick lying eggs</a><br /><br />Cheers<br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/106588263848590138298/posts" rel="nofollow">MicrOlivier</a>MicrOlivierhttp://mites-and-parasites.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-36232715678657855752015-12-14T21:43:04.096-06:002015-12-14T21:43:04.096-06:00The engorged female tick in the pictures is challe...The engorged female tick in the pictures is challenging to identify. The video helps visualize the anal groove anterior to the anus and is consistent with Ixodes sp.<br /><br />Florida FanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-5712508482256243502015-12-14T14:41:23.435-06:002015-12-14T14:41:23.435-06:00-hard tick Ixodidae attach to host for weeks ( adu...-hard tick Ixodidae attach to host for weeks ( adult) or days ( larva and nymph ). <br />- adult female feed once, drop off host, lays 1000 eggs and die.<br />-1000 of larvae seed tick quest on tips of vegetation awaiting hosts.<br />-rest in cooler shaded vegetation to moult and to wait for host.<br />-life cycle :egg >>larva>> nymph>>adultAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600333359872394068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-32810431683769597062015-12-14T13:59:48.823-06:002015-12-14T13:59:48.823-06:00The horrific video allows one to easily use the an...The horrific video allows one to easily use the anal groove to identify Ixodes, but it probably wasn't worth the 3AM awakening visualizing this thing. Sheldon Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524590709558343536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-16409042395419991392015-12-14T13:19:02.632-06:002015-12-14T13:19:02.632-06:00Engorged female of Ixodes scapularis after leaving...Engorged female of Ixodes scapularis after leaving a host in Fall to lay a batch of eggs and die off. Kamran Kadkhodanoreply@blogger.com