Abstract
Daily observations of Boophilus annulatus (Say) and B. microplus (Canestrini) males confined on stanchioned bovines determined that the average premating period was 2.6 (range 0.06–4.5) and 3.3 (range 2.5–6.5) days, average longevity was 36.9 (range 10–64) and 42.0 (range 20.5–61.5) days, and the average number of females mated was 7.5 (range 2–12) and 10.8 (range 5–18), respectively. Females of both species were confined without males, fed to repletion, and oviposited in most cases. However, eggs either failed to hatch or produced larvae which died within a few days postemergence.
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