Open AccessSEASONAL ACTIVITY OF THE REPTILE TICK, A PONOMMA H YD ROSA URI (DENNY) (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN EXPERIMENTAL ENCLOSURES
Author(s) -
Bull C. M.,
Sharrad* R. D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1980.tb00960.x
Subject(s) - ixodidae , acari , biology , tick , lizard , zoology , ecology , veterinary medicine , medicine
In two enclosures near Adelaide. South Australia, the reptile tick, Aponomma hydrosauri , was reared on the lizard Trachydosaurus rugosits. Ticks went through one and three complete life cycles in 18 and 26 months, respectively. Feeding activity continued six months of the year but activity stopped during the cooler months of April to September.