Sentences with phrase «nymph stages of»

Not exact matches

Earwig nymphs are not completely dependent on their mother for food: once they get past their first, crucial stage of development, they can leave the nest and fend for themselves.

Second, our ticks are wild caught at the adult stage but lab - reared from egg mass to nymphs, so with the absence of transovarial transmission, any occurrence (very rare in Louisiana) in adults would not be passed on to progeny.

Ticks were sorted into pools of 1 — 10 adults or up to 25 nymphs, by site, species, developmental stage, and sent to the Arbovirus Laboratories for testing.

It's life cycle involves an egg which develops into larval stage (6 weeks feeds on rodents and birds), then nymph (8 weeks this is believed to be the cause of Lyme disease in people also feeds on other mammals), then adult tick (current belief is that this is the cause of Lyme in the dog and feeds on other mammals).

The Demodex life cycle has 4 stages: (1) egg (fusiform or lemon shaped), (2) larva (3 pairs of legs), (3) nymph (4 pairs of legs), and (4) adult (4 pairs of legs and breastplates) 2 (FIGURES 1 and 2).

Fleas Kills Fleas Kills newly emerged adult fleas before they lay eggs Stops existing infestations and prevents establishment of new infestations Kills fleas which may cause flea allergy dermatitis Lice Rapidly eliminates chewing lice infestations Mites Aids in control of sarcaptic mange infestations in dogs Ticks Kills all life stages of ticks (larva, nymph and adult), including brown dog ticks (Rhipicepalus sanguineus), American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis), lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis).

The white - footed mouse is the main source for the Lyme bacteria so when feeding on the mouse the larval tick picks up the bacteria from the blood meal then carries this to the next stage of its life, falls off the mouse host and molts into a nymph.

Depending upon the stage of the tick (eggs, larvae, nymph and adult), it will feed and either climb off the cat for the next moult (moulting is how ticks move from one stage of development into the next stage) or if at adult stage, the tick will produce eggs that can contaminate the house.

The eggs (called «nits») transition to 3 different stages of nymphs, and then become adults.