Sound as a host-detection cue for the soft tick Ornithodoros concanensis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1977 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 265, pages 443-444 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: J P, Webb; J E, George; B, Cook;

doi: 10.1038/265443a0

pmid: 834293

Sound as a host-detection cue for the soft tick Ornithodoros concanensis

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Abstract

Two parasitic flies are attracted to their invertebrate hosts by sound: a tachinid, Euphasiopteryx ochracea, is attracted to field crickets by their song1 and a sarcophagid, Colcondamyia auditrix, orients acoustically to cicada song2. We now report that an acarine, the argasid tick Ornithodoros concanensis, makes use of the vocal sounds of a vertebrate host as a cue in its host-finding behaviour.

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Keywords

Birds, Sound, Ticks, Orientation, Animals, Vocalization, Animal, Circadian Rhythm

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