Six Spooky Science Stories and Halloween at Addgene
Type
Blog Post
...birds spots the “caterpillar” and then poke out the snail’s eyes and ingests the larvae. The adult worms...biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster." Molecular and cellular endocrinology 215.1-2 (2004): 1-10. PubMed...snail’s eyestalks. Once ingested by the snail, the larvae reach the eyestalk and transform them into a pulsating...pulsating display imitating a moving caterpillar. The worm controls the snail’s behavior, forcing it out...parasite
The parasitic worm Spinochordodes tellinii‘s larvae makes its home inside grasshoppers and crickets...