A SIMPLE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DRY PREPARATIONS OF ENGORGED ADULT FEMALES OF IXODID TICKS FOR COLLECTIONS

About author:

Belozerov V. N., Biological Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Stary Peterhof, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia

Acknowledgments:

I thank Mr. Yu.V. De-Millo for making the photo illustrating this paper.

Annotation:

Dry preparations of engorged females of Ixodid ticks similar in appearance, color, and size to living specimens immediately after engorgement can be manufactured by prompt heating (at 150-1804?) of adult females after they completed oviposition. This results in the inflation of shriveled ticks and in smoothing and hardening of their integument.

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