All things creepy: parasitism pt 1, mermithids and earwigs

October 20, 2021 • by Nicole Elmer
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This is a mermithid found in an Asian Hornet. (Wikicommons photo: PeerJ, 2015)


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Earwig (Photo: Alex Wild)

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While not an earwig, a mermithid worm has busted out of this ant.  (Photo: Alex Wild)

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