Parasite of the Day

This parasite was almost one that was featured for Halloween - you'll see why soon - before worms in the eyes of giant birds and blood-...

Here’s another ectoparasite of the European flounder, Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae). This time, it is Hol...

Today's parasite is the larval stage of the blister beetle Meloe franciscanus . The beetle larvae are brood parasites that feed on eggs ...

Baylisascaris procyonis is a nematode parasite, related to Toxocara canis . The adults live in the intestine of their hosts and lay eggs ...

Syngamus trachea is a nematode known as the gapeworm, which infects birds such as chickens and turkeys. The name comes from the fact that ...

Many people who have had a dog or a cat as a pet are probably familiar with ear mites - infections that can cause your pet to have brown, cr...

Yesterday, you met the smallest wasp known. Today meet one of the largest fungi known. Armillaria ostoyae is a species of parasitic fungus t...

Camptopteroides verrucosa is a species of fairyfly (family Mymaridae) - which is to say that it's not a fly at all, but rather a tiny l...

Previously, we met Ribeiroia ondatrae , the trematode parasite which causes limb malformation in frogs. Now meet Telogaster opisthorchis , a...

Heduris spinigera is a species of parasitic nematode found in the stomach of a number of New Zealand's brackish water fishes. While thi...