Have you seen a tick before? I have seen small to medium ticks that are brown in color and big ticks are grey in color. When you squeeze them, blood will spurt out and they will be dead.
I have research and found the following life cycle of a tick. Its interesting..
A tick begins its life as an egg. When the egg hatches, a six-legged larva emerges. After feeding, the larva drops to the ground to digest its food and begin to grow. After one to three weeks, the larva molts and becomes a nymph. A tick nymph has eight legs and looks like a smaller version of an adult tick. Some species of soft tick molt several times, consuming a blood meal before each molt. After its final molt, the tick is an adult. An adult tick has one job -- to reproduce. In hard ticks, the female tick attaches to a host and feeds, often for more than 24 hours, before mating. The male tick feeds before mating as well, but he's often a fraction of the size of the engorged female when mating takes place. Often, the male dies after mating, and the female dies after laying anywhere from 2,000 to 18,000 eggs. Soft ticks are an exception. Many species of soft tick eat several smaller blood meals and lay eggs several times. This is one reason soft ticks don't consume as much blood in one sitting or swell to the extent that hard ticks do.
In the next column I will be looking into how to prevent ticks… Stay Tuned.
