Tick

Ixodidae - Hard ticks

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Ixodidae - Hard tick

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Argasidae - Soft ticks

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Argasidae - Soft tick

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Tick is the common name for the small wingless arachnids that, along with mites, constitute the order Acarina. Ticks are external parasites, living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians.

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Arachnid - Mite - Order - Parasite - Hematophagy - Blood - Mammal - Bird - Reptile - Amphibian

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