The unsettling diagnosis stems from a parasite called “cysticercosis,” an infection caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, also known outside the medical community as “Pork ...

Typically when a parasitoid wasp lays eggs in fruit fly larvae or pupae, the eggs hatch and young wasps develop in their host ...

If you have raccoons around your property, you might need to employ this method. Raccoons tend to poop in communal, pungent ...

These worm-like parasites alter their host's behavior, compelling them to seek out water. Adult horsehair worms lay their eggs in a slimy string in aquatic environments. Upon hatching, the larvae ...

Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types of antagonistic ... lizards that drop their tails, and insect larvae that discharge slime. Such actions surprise the predator and give ...

Nearly all kittens are born with intestinal parasites, and the parasites’ larvae (immature life stage) can lie dormant within ...

This database includes more than a quarter of a million host-parasite records extracted from 28,000 references. A partial implementation [lacking details on synonymy, comments (e.g. larva) and subject ...

It isn't a pleasant role, but parasites are sometimes called on as expert witnesses in cases of animal or human neglect. Myiasis is the parasitic infestation of a live mammal by fly larvae (maggots) ...

A recent study describes a new species of wasp that lays its eggs inside adult fruit flies, where the wasp larva grows and ...

Besides initiating their nests much like the temporary social parasites, the slave-makers also raid other ant colonies to steal the brood (Figure 3). The pilfered larvae and pupae that are not ...

A SEVEN-year-old boy complained of itchy raised lines on his foot - which turned out to be worms inside him. The child developed the symptoms after playing barefoot on the sand with friends.

Susceptibility, preference and suitability tests were conducted. In addition to M. hirsutus (4.5 ± 2.04 hosts parasitized per female parasitoid in 30 min), Planococcus citri (1.1 ± 1.23 hosts ...