DISEASES CAUSED OR CARRIED BY MITES AND TICKS 423 



AouLTS Attack Host'sTEto N; 

 Mate And Drop Replete-, 

 Females Oviposit 5^ 

 Each Time. \\ 



l\ 



I, 



TVwiLTS EMEAce From' 

 SecondNymphal Skin 



MALE LIVES ON * 



^^OviPOSlTlOKjCoMMtNC^S. 



-Larvae Hatch Out. 

 FEMALE LlVtS ON 



j-LARVAtArTAenHosiI 



Replete Larvae Daop 

 From Host I 



First NymphauStagc 

 EmersesFrom Larval Skim. 



First Nymphal Stage Attack^Host II 

 And Dhops Opf Replete . 



Second Nymphal Stage Attacks Host H 

 And Drops Off Replete . 



TICKLIFECYCLE-TYPEI 



Life Cycle of Argas persicus.also probably A reflexus, 



AVESPERTILIONIS AND SOMEOTHER SPECIES OF ArG/^S AND OrniThOOOROS. 

 (AfterNuttallISII) 



Fig. 80. 



Adults Attac> 

 Hosts¥ItoN. 

 When Fecundated 

 AndRepueteThc 

 Females Drop 

 AndOviposit 



Aoolts Appear'' 



MALE LIVES ON 



Ovi POSITION Commences. 



^'-Larvae Hatom.BoT 

 Stay InEcgs — 

 They Do Not Feed. 



FEMALE LIVES ON 



^M^iB ST Nymphal StaoE 

 \> I yy ElV1£Ra£iFRI)ML«flVALSKlM 



\\ / // 



T\lvMPMAL Staged ArrACRHosrsIroV"- 



AndDrOpOfF RfPLETE 



TICKLIFECYCLE-TYPEI 



The Life Circit ofOrnithodorosmoubataano O.savignyi. 



(AfterNuttall I9I|) 



Fig. 81. 



