sippyjug104 wrote:
Dpullum, Here's an interesting blood-sucking insect tib-bit of information. A tick is born as a nymph with SIX LEGS. It cannot grow to its next stage of life until it feeds on blood. When it dines on its first meal, it can molt to the next stage of life where it grows EIGHT LEGS. How weird is that?
Male ticks need only dine once to grow into an adult. Female ticks must dine a second time to be able to reproduce.