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This is a three-host tick with a natural life cycle of 2–3 years. Under laboratory conditions, the life cycle is completed in 77–108 days. All stages feed on a large variety of hosts. At least nine families of birds and 17 families of mammals have been reported as hosts.
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Mihalca, A.D., Dumitrache, M.O., D’Amico, G. (2017). Rhipicephalus rossicus Yakimov and Kol-Yakimova, 1911 (Figs. 123–125). In: Estrada-Peña, A., Mihalca, A., Petney, T. (eds) Ticks of Europe and North Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63760-0_59
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