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Describe how the parasitic ticks reproduce.

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Ticks belonged to parasitic arthropods. Most of them have four life stages:

• laying eggs

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• six-legged larva

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• eight-legged nymph

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• adult stage.

These organisms can reproduce sexually or asexually called parthenogenesis. It means that a female tick can reproduce without a male.

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