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Ticks receive no sustenance from plants.
Hard Ticks Hard ticks are the group of ticks most Kansans are familiar with and readily recognize. The entire body covering of the male hard tick is hardened. Juveniles and females have hardened plates only on the foreparts of their bodies and can swell to several times their original size during feeding. Some species have pale markings on the hardened parts of their bodies and on their legs. There are no contrasting color markings on juveniles of any species found in Kansas.