what are ticks insects
Although ticks are commonly thought of as insects, they are actually arachnids like scorpions, spiders and mites. All members of this group have four pairs of legs as adults and have no antennae.Adult insects have three pairs of legs and one pair of antennae.here are two groups of ticks, sometimes called the hard ticks and soft ticks. Hard ticks, like the common dog tick, have a hard shield just behind the mouthparts (sometimes incorrectly called the head); unfed hard ticks are shaped like a flat seed.