Description: English: The hard tick, family Ixodidae, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Adult females and males feeding at favorite site of the ear pinna. Date: 16 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.
Description: English: Life cycle of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus hard tick. Eggs at far left, then unfed and engorged larvae, unfed and engorged nymphs, unfed female and male top right, fully engorged female bottom right. Date: 10 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.
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Description: English: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Ixodidae), South Africa, Limpopo, Waterberg District Municipality, Mokgalakwena Local Municipality, Palala (Lephalala) river. R. appendiculatus transmits the protozoan Theileria parva, the cause of East Coast fever in cattle, and it transmits the different strains of Th. parva that cause Corridor or Buffalo disease and Zimbabwean theileriosis. It also transmits Th. taurotragi causing benign bovine theileriosis. Bacteria transmitted are Anaplasma bovis (= Ehrlichia bovis) causing bovine ehrlichiosis, and Rickettsia conorii causing boutonneuse fever (= Mediterranean spotted fever) in humans. Date: 8 February 2019, 11:42. Source: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Ixodidae). Author: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev. Camera location23° 57′ 23.55″ S, 28° 23′ 30.49″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-23.956541; 28.391802.
Description: English: Life-cycle of an ixodid tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus all to same scale); E=eggs, L=larvae, N=nymphs, F=adult female, M=adult male; upper row are unfed ticks, lower row are fully engorged larvae, nymphs, and a female. Date: 6 August 2016. Source: Own work. Author: Daktaridudu.
Description: English: Larvae of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus clustered on a grass stem whilst questing for a host. Date: 10 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.
Description: English: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, female left, male right. Transmitters of Theileria parva causing East Coast fever of cattle in Africa. Date: 10 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Alan R Walker.
Description: English: Top rows are engorged nymphs of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks from feeding on a cow without acquired immunity to these ticks; bottom rows are nymphs of same species that have fed on a cow with acquired immunity to these ticks. Date: 7 November 2017. Source: Own work. Author: Acarologiste.
