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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 in an alien-like fashion more >		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 >		A collection of photos taken with SEM, TEM, and light microscopy more >			Students present research at the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists Two new hairworm species collected from Africa Nematomorph seminar presented at the Zoology Department at Oklahoma State University Undergraduate student awarded travel grant and presents paper at American Society of Parasitologists

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