FIGURE 9. Collections of ticks. (A) Collecting Ornithodoros and Hyalomma adult ticks from the ground and structures of a cattle pen. (B) A sweep net and a blanket drag for collecting ticks from vegetation. (C) Equipment for labelling and preserving ticks. (D) Collecting tubes for live ticks. (E) An engorged nymph of Amblyomma variegatum variegatum (the tropical bont tick) and an engorging female Rhipicephalus microplus (cattle tick) collected from the same cow at same scale; they can be distinguished by the relatively longer mouthparts of the Amblyomma. (F) Features on the ventral surface of ticks confusing for identification. [These species of ticks do not occur in Australia but are nonetheless instructive about the biology of the Australian ticks.]