8 



Tin: c\ri it: it.\ i.i: TICK. 



Cattle fever ticks after first 

 molt. Count the legs. 



The little 8-legged ticks sucked blood again and 

 kept on growing until they changed or molted a 

 second time. After the second molt they looked 

 like this : 



Female, or egg-laying, cattle 

 fever tick after second 

 molt. 



Male cattle fever tick 

 after second molt. 



