Argas miniatus

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79 kb		 Engorging female attached to the body of a chicken. 
Hosts for argasid ticks are varied, mostly birds and bats.
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146 kb		 Hungry argasids attached to the host skin. 
The fowl tick feeds once per immature stage an instar while adults are capable of feeding more than once. Feeding requires only minutes to hours in comparison to feeding among Ixodidae.

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