Table 3.

The durations of various developmental stages of D. nuttalli.

Developmental stage	Period	Number of ticks tested	Duration (days)
			Range	Mean ±SD
Egg	Incubation	100	5–14	8.40 ± 2.76
Larva	Pre-feeding	100	3–4	3.71 ± 0.45
	Feeding	100	4–7	5.40 ± 0.99
	Pre-molting	100	7–8	7.29 ± 0.45
Nymph	Pre-feeding	100	5–6	5.43 ± 0.86
	Feeding	100	6–10	8.14 ± 1.25
	Pre-molting	100	5–8	7.40 ± 0.66
Adult female	Pre-feeding	25	8–11	10.16 ± 0.88
	Feeding	25	11–12	11.36 ± 0.48
	Pre-oviposition	25	2–9	4.96 ± 2.41
	Oviposition	25	9–18	13.80 ± 2.07

SD, standard deviation.