How to get the last tick Observations resulting from active field experience in tick eradication . iJSORGED ADULT FEhwIALE. FEMALE LAYING EGGS Fio. l.—Texas-feyer ticks at various stages of development. (Magnified 6 times.) 6 HOW TO GET THE LAST TICK. infested pastures they must be given the same con-sideration as cattle. In describing the life history of this tick it is cus-tomary to start at the point where the fully devel-oped and fertilized female, engorged with blood,loosens her hold on the skin of the cow and drops tothe ground, where she at once searches for a hidingplace under grass, l
How to get the last tick Observations resulting from active field experience in tick eradication . iJSORGED ADULT FEhwIALE. FEMALE LAYING EGGS Fio. l.—Texas-feyer ticks at various stages of development. (Magnified 6 times.) 6 HOW TO GET THE LAST TICK. infested pastures they must be given the same con-sideration as cattle. In describing the life history of this tick it is cus-tomary to start at the point where the fully devel-oped and fertilized female, engorged with blood,loosens her hold on the skin of the cow and drops tothe ground, where she at once searches for a hidingplace under grass, leaves, or other litter affordingprotection from the direct rays of the sun. Shebegins laying her eggs in from 2 days to 3 weekslater, in spring, summer, or fall, while during the win-ter months this process may be delayed anywherefrom 2 weeks to 3 months. The eggs are voided froman opening on the underside of the body, just backof the head, and appear in a gradually growing,grapelike cluster, and may be from a few hundred toas many as 5,000, 95 per cent of which will hatchunder favorable conditions. Egg laying may b
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