A year containing an extra day. It has 366 days instead of the normal 365 days. The extra day is added in February, which has 29 days instead of the normal 28 days. Leap years occur every 4 years. 2016 is a leap year and so is 2020. Except that every 100 years special rules apply.
Best Answer: A average life span is about 1 year. Some live only 3 months, but others can live up to a couple of years. The lifespan of the average tick is about two years. Source(s): http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/ehs/ehs... A fly is 3 days so i'm guessing somewhere around the lines of there.
Figure 1 shows several hard ticks and the various stages in their life cycle. The stages are part of the life cycle of ticks; the smallest stages, larva and nymph, are sometimes generally referred to as seed ticks because they resemble small plant seeds. Figure 1: The life cycle of ticks. Source: CDC. Soft ticks have more rounded bodies and do not have the hard scutum found in hard ticks.