Pest Organisms / Brown Dog Tick
Biology
for Brown Dog Tick
As a three-host tick, the larva, nymph, and adult each attach for one blood meal, then drop off to molt or lay eggs. A well-fed female is prolific, laying several thousand eggs (often around 4,000) in cracks and crevices indoors or in dog runs. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN378 Development tracks temperature; in warm conditions the full cycle finishes in about two months, allowing up to four generations a year. Source: https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/brown-dog-tick