TICKS
Arachnid     -     Invertebrate     -     Blood sucking parasite 
Male:  Tick
Female:  Tick
Young:  Nymph.  Larva (just hatched)
TICKS
There are 889 known species of ticks.
  • Are arachnids, like scorpions, spiders and mites.
  • Attach themselves to the skin of an animal and sucks its blood.
  • Wait for an animal to be its host from the tips of grasses and shrubs and when brushed by the moving host, they let go of the vegetation and climb onto the host.
  • Can crawl, but they cannot fly or jump.
  • Carry diseases, such as Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted (also known as Tick Typhus) Fever and these diseases can be transferred to people.
  • Embed themselves in the skin, making them difficult to remove.
  • Are attracted to a host by body heat, odour from the skin and carbon dioxide.
  • Larvae start with only six legs.
  • Adults have eight legs.
  • May be hard ticks, or soft ticks.
  • Are second to mosquitoes as the most dangerous parasite to humans.​
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LIFE CYCLE