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![]() Hairworms are a strange group of parasites, which infect invertebrate hosts such as crickets. Once they are done with their development, they drive their hosts to commit suicide and leave thier host's body in an alien-like fashion more > |
![]() Become a Citizen Scientist! Have you found a hairworm? Tell us about it. We may be able to identify it for you, and you could be part of a new scientific discovery more > |
![]() What is THAT swimming in my pet's water dish? It is a harmless hairworm and its insect host more > |
Biodiversity Survey undergraduate mentee gives talks at local High School Biodiversity Survey members send live worms to nursing program classroom, providing an unforgettable experience Citizen Scientists help identify spring hairworm hotspot in California National Science Foundation funds Hairworm Biodiversity Survey of the New World Hairworm biodiversity talk presented at international parasitology meeting |
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