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Nature's tiny vampires, patiently waiting on a blade of grass for your warm body.
means Small blood-feeding arachnids that latch onto skin and can transmit diseases like Lyme.
from From Old English ticia, related to Germanic words for the parasite — a name as ancient as the itch it causes.
Not insectsThey are arachnids, kin to spiders and mites.
Patient huntersSome survive years between blood meals.
QuestingThey wave front legs, waiting to grab passing hosts.
Cement spitSaliva glues their mouthparts firmly into skin.