Handbook of medical entomology . 48. Otiobius (Ornithodoros) megnini, male, (a) dorsal, (6) ventralaspect. After Nuttall and Warburton. Many writers have recorded keeping adults for long periods withoutfood. We have kept specimens in a tin box for over a year and a halfand at the end of that time a number were still alive. Laboullienekept unfed adults for over three years. In view of the effectiveness of Ixodoidea, or Ticks 65 sulphur in warding off the attacks of Trombidiida}, it is astonishingto find that Lounsbury has kept adults of Argas persicus for threemonths in a box nearly filled with
Handbook of medical entomology . 48. Otiobius (Ornithodoros) megnini, male, (a) dorsal, (6) ventralaspect. After Nuttall and Warburton. Many writers have recorded keeping adults for long periods withoutfood. We have kept specimens in a tin box for over a year and a halfand at the end of that time a number were still alive. Laboullienekept unfed adults for over three years. In view of the effectiveness of Ixodoidea, or Ticks 65 sulphur in warding off the attacks of Trombidiida}, it is astonishingto find that Lounsbury has kept adults of Argas persicus for threemonths in a box nearly filled with flowers of sulphur, with no apparenteffect on them. We have already called attention to the occasional serious effectsof the bites of this species. While such reports have been frequentlydiscredited there can be no doubt that they have foundation in readiness with which this tick attacks man, and the extent towhich old huts may be infested makes it especially troublesome. Otiobius {Ornithodoros) megnini, thespinose ear
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