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Here's a story of zombies, parasitic mind control, and livers. In the end, I take away a cautionary tale from it, one that I'll pass on to my kids (the smaller ones at least): don't eat snail slime. Prepare for some erudition on the liver fluke. Source -- Edited by Jollyjo on Saturday 15th of August 2009 0...

There are a lot of parasites that cause strange changes in their hosts. Parasites turn hosts into zombiesgorge on the flesh of the host from the inside out, even assist a host's suicide. But one of the most interesting and extreme changes caused by a parasite is achieved by the mermithid nematode. Sim...

Parasitic wasps are always an easy target as sci-fi parasites. After all, they were the main inspiration behind the film "Alien" - clearly they're 'sci-fi worthy'. They all do terrible, mean things to their hosts while they eat them alive from the inside out. And, simply, they're just really, reall...

I think we all can empathize with this cricket. My boss's office is like this trapdoor spider's spidey-hole. If you aren't alert, and you walk by and catch his notice - WHAM! - he strikes, and you've just been handed an armload of new work and a couple of hours of unpaid overtime. Count how many times you s...

Don't we all at times feel constrained by the rigidity of our exoskeleton? Perhaps we feel a simple need to grow, or perhaps an urge to metamorphose into something entirely new. Either way, we must go through a painful, yet necessary ecdysis(wiki), the moulting of that old skin in favor of a new, plian...

What do you do if you're an ermine moth larvae and you and your horde have run out of trees to defoliate? If you're in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, you turn to automobiles. Photo source: NGM Blog Central This is the scene the Dutch woke up to one late Spring day. They immediately thought they were under sie...

I always thought that a fly's face looks like a baseball being pulled apart at the seams. In fact, I get so distractd by that split and those eyes and that mouth that I've failed to notice the fly's sideburns. Shame on me. So Steve named this fly Logan (of Wolverine fame, for you non-nerds). Aptly named, t...

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Insect parasite Liver Fluke Life (Preview)	Insect Species	0	1879	Aug 14, 2009 by Dj Quiva
Here's a story of zombies, parasitic mind control, and livers. In the end, I take away a cautionary tale from it, one that I'll pass on to my kids (the smaller ones at least): don't eat snail slime. Prepare for some erudition on the liver fluke. Source -- Edited by Jollyjo on Saturday 15th of August 2009 0...
Insect parasite Mermithid Nematodes:This Week's Sci-Fi Worthy Parasite (Preview)	Insect Species	0	1914	Aug 17, 2009 by Dj Quiva
There are a lot of parasites that cause strange changes in their hosts. Parasites turn hosts into zombiesgorge on the flesh of the host from the inside out, even assist a host's suicide. But one of the most interesting and extreme changes caused by a parasite is achieved by the mermithid nematode. Sim...
Insect parasite This Week's Sci-Fi Worthy Parasite: Cotesia glomerata (Preview)	Insect Species	0	2028	Aug 18, 2009 by Dj Quiva
Parasitic wasps are always an easy target as sci-fi parasites. After all, they were the main inspiration behind the film "Alien" - clearly they're 'sci-fi worthy'. They all do terrible, mean things to their hosts while they eat them alive from the inside out. And, simply, they're just really, reall...
Arachnid Insect Trapdoor Spider Strikes (Preview)	Arachnids	1	2764	Sep 10, 2009 by Ranade
I think we all can empathize with this cricket. My boss's office is like this trapdoor spider's spidey-hole. If you aren't alert, and you walk by and catch his notice - WHAM! - he strikes, and you've just been handed an armload of new work and a couple of hours of unpaid overtime. Count how many times you s...
Insect Molting Ecdysis - Molting (Preview)	Insect Species	0	2626	Sep 10, 2009 by Dj Quiva
Don't we all at times feel constrained by the rigidity of our exoskeleton? Perhaps we feel a simple need to grow, or perhaps an urge to metamorphose into something entirely new. Either way, we must go through a painful, yet necessary ecdysis(wiki), the moulting of that old skin in favor of a new, plian...
Insect Pupate Web Feasting caterpillars take over car (Preview)	Insect Species	1	2388	Nov 6, 2009 by Ranade
What do you do if you're an ermine moth larvae and you and your horde have run out of trees to defoliate? If you're in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, you turn to automobiles. Photo source: NGM Blog Central This is the scene the Dutch woke up to one late Spring day. They immediately thought they were under sie...
Insect Alien Animals Logan the Fly (Preview)	Insect Species	0	1977	Nov 21, 2009 by Dj Quiva
I always thought that a fly's face looks like a baseball being pulled apart at the seams. In fact, I get so distractd by that split and those eyes and that mouth that I've failed to notice the fly's sideburns. Shame on me. So Steve named this fly Logan (of Wolverine fame, for you non-nerds). Aptly named, t...