<prompt> True about hard tick-Have four stages in life cycleFemale lays thousands of eggsLarval stage is known as seed ticksAll of the above  <response>: Ans. is d i.e., All of the aboveo The majority of hard ticks require three different hosts to complete their development. During this development, ticks go through four stages of life. These stages are egg, larvae or seed tick, nymph, and adulto Generally, adult female hard ticks breed while on the host animal and then drop to the ground to lay eggs. A female lays several thousand eggs at a time, which will eventually hatch into larval stage, known as seed ticks. At this stage of life, these small ticks about 18-inch in size have six legs. 