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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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WEBB, J., GEORGE, J. & COOK, B. Sound as a host-detection cue for the soft tick Ornithodoros concanensis. Nature 265, 443–444 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265443a0
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