> “I admire ticks for their survivability and adaptability. They are so good at exploiting a niche where they just need to wait for a long time to get the next meal.”

An entomologist at Binghamton University kept a group of African soft ticks alive in a lab for 27 years (including 8 years of no food)—and their offspring are still going at age 26.

https://entomologytoday.org/2022/01/14/keep-ticking-argas-brumpti-ticks-longevity-27-year-lifespan/ #news #science #biology #acarology 🐘