CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SOME BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA TICK IN NATURAL CONDITIONS

Reproduction in ticks is not only important for the maintenance of tick populations, but also assumes a serious economic and medical significance in relation to tick transmitted diseases [8]. After feeding, engorged females drop off the environment, lay eggs and then die [5, 6, 8]. Lack of humidity or temperature variation can kill the eggs. In winter, in temperate areas, the eggs go in quiescent. Generally, the length of embryogenesis is 20-50 days [3].