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How do ticks move when seeking a meal?
A new study examines the question: How do ticks move when seeking a host? It’s well-known that ticks will sit-and-wait atop vegetation as they quest for their next meal, sitting with their front legs extended and grabbing onto a host passing by. “It is also known that ticks are willing to migrate horizontally (or actively search), when stimulated by the presence of host cues,” and that host-seeking behavior differs among life stages, writes Curtis and colleagues in the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology. [1]
