. Insects affecting domestic animals [microform] : an account of the species of importance in North America, with mention of related forms occurring on other animals. Parasites; Insects, Injurious and beneficial; Animaux domestiques; Insectes nuisibles. ARACHNVDA. 261 The Don Tick oh Wood Tk^k. (htrmaeenior americunue I/iim.) The most conimoii tick tliroush the Northern States, at least, is the 8o-(;alh'(l dv)g tieli, tlie name being" associated with its most common host. It o(;cnrs, however, very frequently on other animals and on mail. Wlien fully gorjied, the ticks are nearly half an i


. Insects affecting domestic animals [microform] : an account of the species of importance in North America, with mention of related forms occurring on other animals. Parasites; Insects, Injurious and beneficial; Animaux domestiques; Insectes nuisibles. ARACHNVDA. 261 The Don Tick oh Wood Tk^k. (htrmaeenior americunue I/iim.) The most conimoii tick tliroush the Northern States, at least, is the 8o-(;alh'(l dv)g tieli, tlie name being" associated with its most common host. It o(;cnrs, however, very frequently on other animals and on mail. Wlien fully gorjied, the ticks are nearly half an inch long, and they seem to favor the ears of dogs, or at least parts near the head. The males, fig. 158, do not enlarge like the females, but are about the size of the females before engorgement, and the body above as well as the borders of the legs are marked with bright, silvery lines and blotches, as shown in the figure. As Avirh other species, the young clind> to the outer parts of leav^.-s, from whence they are readily brushed to the bodies of passing animals. TiiK LoNK S'l-AK Tick. (Amhhiommn iinipiiHcta I'lick.) This species, next to the cattle tick, is probably of the most imi)or- tance in the !Sonthern States, siiaring with that species the hospitality of cattle and also attacking other domestic animals. It is thought i)r«>bable that, like btn-is, it may convey Texas fever. It is ecii's. TiiK Hauhit Tick. ( h'hiph into Ilia IfiioriH.). ihUliiina Ifpiii-is- n, voiifrnl view of iiiuutli '. b, larsiiH—L'Ularged (origiual)' This is a rather common species on rabbits, and is Ibund i>erhaps more commonly in the ear than elsewhere on the host animal. It is a small species, and the tigure will indicate its Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Osborn, Herbert, b. 1856. Washingto


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