sheep tick

noun

a tick, Ixodes ricinus, that is parasitic on sheep, cattle, and man and transmits the disease louping ill in sheep
another name for sheep ked

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The H. punctata, known as the "red sheep tick," is native to the southern half of Europe, as well as England and parts of the North African coast.

People are most likely to come across sheep ticks, which feed on mammals and birds.

From BBC

Then he would descend directly afterwards to such minor matters in natural history as the feeding habits of the sheep ticks, which in places swarmed.

Really they aren't fleas at all, but a form of sheep tick.

They are about the size of a sheep tick when empty, but they get on you and suck and suck, till they are full of your blood and size of a grape.

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