Parasite of the Day

As has been discussed in a number of previous posts,  most parasites don't get the whole host to themselves and often have to compete w...

The parasite being featured today is Amblyomma nodosum  (image on the right - male top, female bottom) - a species of specialised tick tha...

C. plocamia photo by Rubén Arturo Guzmán Pittman Generally speaking, jellyfish are not very appetising as food. They are composed mostl...

Photo by Billy Lindblom A host can be infected by many different species of parasites (see this post for example ). While in some cases,...

Fish image taken by Richard Field , found at FishBase Today's parasite is Gyliauchen volubilis - an intestinal fluke from a family ...

Image from Figure 1 of the paper Today's parasite is an acanthocephalan (also known as a thorny-headed worm) and its name should be ...

People usually associate bats with the image of vampires and blood feeding, even though most bats are not blood drinkers. However, bats are...

If you are a regular reader of this blog, at some point you would have read about the concept of coevolutionary arms races between hosts and...

We have previously featured a number of coccidian parasites on this blog from birds ( here and here ),  alligators , and groundhogs . Today...

Photo taken from Figure 3 of the paper Marine leeches are commonly known to feed on various vertebrate hosts - mainly fish and sea turt...