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Imagine that after a walk in the woods you accidentally find a tick on your leg, arm, or on another part of your body. It is good if he has not yet found a suitable place for bloodsucking, but it is much worse if the parasite has already managed to suck deeply plunging its head into the skin. Then we will talk about what first aid should be provided to a person in this case and what needs to be done immediately, even before the visit to the doctor ...
As the name implies, the main habitat of the taiga tick (Ixodes persulcatus) is taiga. However, the spread of the parasite covers many other natural areas - it can easily be found in deciduous forests, and even in a small city park. Next, we will talk about the interesting features of the biology of the taiga tick, allowing it to successfully parasitize on a variety of animals, and also touch on the danger of parasite bites to humans ...
The reproduction of forest ticks involves a rather complex life cycle, during which the parasite host changes several times, and the next victim may well be a person or a pet. With favorable environmental factors, outbreaks of mass reproduction of ticks can be observed, which in some cases represents a serious epidemiological hazard (it is understandable - at any one time the parasite's female can lay up to 2000 eggs to be laid). We will continue to discuss these and some other interesting points in more detail ...