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Cattle tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. Image: Commonsource (CC-BY-3.0)
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Acarina
- Whānau
- Family
- Ixodidae
Te Rahi
- He iti te hanga. E 3 mm te roa ki te kore he kai i tana puku, e 9 mm ina kō te puku.
Size range
- Small size. From 3 mm long when unfed to 9 mm when fully engorged
Te Tītaringa
- Nō tāwāhi.
- He pirinoa ngongo i ngā toto o te kau i ngā takiwā ki te raki o Aotearoa.
Distribution
- Introduced
- Common bloodsucking parasite on cattle in northern NZ
Te Huringa Ora
- He wā anō kua kitea e piri ana ki te kurī , ki te tangata anō.
- I a ia e punua ana, kua noho ki te pātītī roa, ā, i reira kua māmā te piri atu ki te kurī .
Life history
- Occasionally found on dogs and even humans
- Spends part of the life cycle in long grass, hence easily picked up by dogs
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