How big is a tick?
A.2 – Ticks vary in size depending on their species, sex, life stage, and whether they have fed. It is usually a species of hard tick that bites people and pet animals, and two of the most commonly encountered species are the sheep tick and the hedgehog tick. When they first hatch into larvae, they are tiny (around 0.5mm), the size of a full stop. Their next life phase is the nymphal stage, which is slightly bigger at approximately 1.5mm. The largest size of unfed tick is the adult female, at approximately 3mm. The male is slightly smaller at around 2.5mm. Once fed, the tick becomes swollen to many times its original size. A fully-fed adult female is about the size of a small coffee bean.
