Soft ticks perform evaporative cooling during blood-feeding
C. R. Lazzari, A. Fauquet, C. Lahondere, R. Araujo, M. H. Pereira
This study identifies evaporative cooling via urine excretion as a thermoregulatory mechanism in the soft tick Ornithodoros rostratus during blood-feeding.
bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2020Zoology