Solifugae many species also are used for stridulation. Unlike scorpions, solifugids do not have a third tagma that forms a "tail". Most species of Solifugae live in dry climates and feed opportunistically on ground-dwelling arthropods and other small animals. The largest species grow to a length of , including legs. A number of urban legends exaggerate the size and speed of the Solifugae, and their potential danger to humans, which is negligible. Solifugae are moderately small to large arachnids (a few millimeters to several centimeters in body length), with the larger species reaching in length, including legs. In practice, the respective
Ticks of domestic animals or more, respectively, whilst questing on the vegetation. Thus it is usually not practical to control them by pasture management. In addition, farmers find the priority to provide their stock with good feed often conflicts with the regimes for pasture rotation for tick control. Ticks affecting dogs and other companion animals around private houses are reduced by clearing of vegetation and leaf litter, mowing grass short, and fencing out deer and other wild animals that bring in ticks. Compared to other arthropods of veterinary and medical importance most species of ticks are long-lived over their whole life-cycle. "Ixodes" species in