Table 5.

Body measurements of Argas persicus.

Ticks life stages*	Average weight in g	Size in mm (mean ± SD)
Male (UF)	0.003011	5.12 ± 0.12
Male (F)	0.010847	5.55 ± 0.55
Female (UF)	0.010833	6.25 ± 0.25
Female (F)	0.0325	8.12 ± 0.120
Female (FAO)	0.012375	8.12 ± 0.12
Egg (100×)	0.000099 (0.0099)	–
Larvae (F)	0.000133	1.001 ± 0.2
1st Nymph	0.0001	1.35 ± 0.15
2nd Nymph (UF)	0.0002	1.34 ± 0.08
2nd Nymph (F)	0.0005	2.05 ± 0.2
3rd Nymph (UF)	0.0008	2.02±-0.2
3rd Nymph (F)	0.0013	2.70 ± 0.07
4th Nymph (UF)	0.003	2.71 ± 0.06
4th Nymph (F)	0.004	3.72 ± 0.03
5th Nymph (UF)	0.007543	3.73 ± 0.02
5th Nymph (F)	0.014285	5.04 ± 0.03

F, fed; UF, unfed; FAO, fed after oviposition.

^*The average of five tick’s weight is given in the table.