Tags: Arachnid.

Ticks are small arachnids in the order Parasitiformes. Along with mites they constitute the subclass Acarina. Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites) living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals birds and sometimes reptiles and amphibians.

Ixodus_ricinus_5x.jpg
class
Arachnid, Acari
kingdom
Animal
order
Parasitiformes
phylum
Arthropod

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Tick"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.