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RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS (brown dog tick, kennel tick)
Life cycle
A three host tick; female lays up to 4000 eggs; preoviposition period 3-83 days; incubation period 8-67 days; larvae engorge in 3-7 days; larvae moult in 6-23 days; nymphs engorge in 4-9 days; nymphs moult in 12-129 days; females engorge in 6-50 days, unfed larvae survive up to 253 days; unfed nymphs survive up to 183 days; unfed adults survive up to 568 days; under favourable conditions a life cycle may be completed in 63 days; in warm areas, several generations of ticks may be expected each year (Hoskins JD, 1991)
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