What is Acarology?
'''Acarology''' is the study of [[mite]]s and [[tick]]s. A person who studies acarology is an acarologist. Acarologists are [[zoologist]]s who specialize in this field. They may also be parasitologists because many mites and ticks are parasitic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://study.com/academy/lesson/acarology-definition-history.html#:~:text=Acarology%20is%20the%20scientific%20study%20of%20ticks%20and%20mites.,Ohio%20around%20the%20same%20time.|access-date=2024-12-15|website=study.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Zoology}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Branches of zoology]]