Giant tick

Giant ticks were massive bloodsucking insects commonly found in Cormanthor and the Savage Frontier.

Combat
Giant ticks hid on elevated rock formations and trees waiting for a warm-blooded prey to drop onto. On a successful bite with their hollow mouth-tube, the giant tick attached to the victim draining its blood until the insect was full and bloated.

After a giant tick attached to its victim, it had to be killed, burned, or immersed in water for it to detach before it reached satiation.

Ecology
They commonly were found in forests and occasionally in caves or caverns.

Ticks, both giant and regular, carried fatal diseases that could kill the host in 2–4 days.