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Ticks lay eggs just like most insects: oviposition of fertilized eggs. If you are wondering about hard ticks (for example, deer ticks, or hard ticks (Ixodidae is the family), then your answer in terms of location is in the leaf litter of forests (i.e. on the ground). They do not lay them on animals usually as far as I know, and definitely not IN animals. Once these eggs hatch, they begin their triphasic life cycle, taking usually one year for each phase (larval, nymphal, and adult phase). They feed once per life cycle, then drop to the ground from their host and overwinter, until the next spring and phase comes. The exception here is the adult phase; once they have fed as an adult (generally only female adults will feed, the males seek a host but use it really as a method to find a female to fertilize rather than to eat), they drop to the ground and immediately die (males) or lay their eggs (female). As adults, the females' last meal is usually really significant, causing them to swell to a size unique to this life phase. If you see a really engorged tick on your dog (or any non-human mammal, we seldom let ticks attach and feed long enough to become engorged), it is probably a female tick.
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Can ticks lay eggs on human skin?
well the simple answer is if you are holding some and they lay eggs yes there gonna lay eggs on your hands .
Do reptile lay eggs or have live young?
They lay eggs
Does a scorpion lay eggs?
scorpion does not lay eggs. it is not like the spider which lay eggs.
Why do insects lay eggs in a pond?
why do inseets lay their eggs in a
Do flat worms lay eggs?
Yes, flatworms do lay eggs Ave 453
Do ticks lay eggs in cars?
No. Ticks do not lay their eggs on exposed surfaces or on their host. They drop off a host to burrow into the ground to lay eggs.
Do ticks lay eggs from their mouths?
are ticks dangerous then spiders
Can ticks lay eggs on human skin?
well the simple answer is if you are holding some and they lay eggs yes there gonna lay eggs on your hands .
Can ticks detach from humans?
The ticks that detach after becoming engorged on blood go off to lay eggs.
When ticks get full of blood do they digest it or blow up?
when ticks drink blood they expand and store the blood for when they lay their thousands of eggs.
Do ticks live in groups?
I think ticks travel in groups
How long is tick gestation and how many eggs do ticks lay at one time?
I'm seeing varied answers around the net. Some sources say 500 at a time, others between 1,000-3,000. So the real answer is, a super scary amount.
What looks like lice but leaves no eggs on the person infected?
it could be a young lice and is to young to lay eggs (they have to be seven days old) or it could be ticks or other kind of bugs
What insect lays reddish brown eggs?
Ticks lay round, brown eggs. As a matter of fact, a single female tick can lay as many as 6,000 eggs once she has feed on a host. The squash vine borer also lays small brown eggs as do some species of beetles.
Do American crocodiles have live birth or lay eggs?
They lay eggs and heat it with covered grass
How do eggs get from a cow to your refrigerator?
Cows do not lay eggs,Cows do not lay eggs,
Does a scorpion lay eggs?
scorpion does not lay eggs. it is not like the spider which lay eggs.
