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Strelkovimermis spiculatus
If you don't like mosquito bites, then you will like today's parasite as it is a mermithid nematode which infects mosquitoes. We have previously featured worms from that family of nematodes - they all...
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Drepanocephalus spathans
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production industries in the world; it is already responsible for supplying half of fish consumed by the world's population and will soon account for the...
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Bivitellobilharzia loxodontae
Blood flukes from the genus Schistosoma are found in over 77 countries, infecting at least 230 million people, and second only to malaria as the most socioeconomically crippling parasitic disease in...
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Ieredactylus rivulus
As you can probably tell from the name, asphalt lakes are not nice places to live. Also known as tar pits, they are natural deposits of bitumen that leak up to the surface, filling the water above with...
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Duplicibothrium minutum
In June 2010 at Folly Beach, South Carolina, the local community was shocked and dismayed by the sight of millions of dead dwarf surf clams (Mulinia lateralis) that carpeted the beach with rotting...
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Asobara japonica
Drosophila suzukii is a fruit fly like no other. Native to Asia, it is related to that common lab workhorse(fly) Drosophila melanogaster, but unlike most Drosophila, which lay their eggs on overripe...
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Philometroides paralichthydis
Philometroides paralichthydis is a filarial nematode that parasitises the southern flounder. The fish becomes infected by eating copepods carrying the larval stage of the parasite and the adult female...
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Prosorhynchoides borealis
The study we are featuring today is one of the more difficult, yet under-appreciated type of studies in ecological parasitology; working out the life cycle of a multi-host parasite. Piecing together a...
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Cyrtosomum penneri
The Atractidae is a family of nematodes (roundworms) which are found in the intestines or lungs of various vertebrate animals. Instead of producing eggs, the adults of this family of worms produce...
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Urogasilus brasiliensis
While most people who have some passing familiarity with copepods would know them as tiny zooplankton crustaceans, a large number of them are actually parasitic. In fact, about a third of all known...
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Himasthla elongata
Photo taken by and used with permission from Kirill V. GalaktionovToday's post is bit of a trip down nostalgia lane for me, as the experimental model used in the study we are featuring today is a...
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Flamingolepis liguloides
The parasite that features prominently in the study we are looking at today is a tapeworm that lives in flamingoes - something that you might have already guessed by the parasite's genus name. The...
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Tetrabothrius bassani
It has been known for some time that intestinal parasites such as tapeworms can accumulate high concentrations of heavy metals, acting as a sink for such substances in the host's body. Back in 2010 a...
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Toxic Birds Make For Sad Lice
It has been a while since we had a guest post at the Parasite of the Day blog (in fact the last guest-contributed post date back to May 2011), but in the next few weeks I will be bringing you a series...
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Ascosphaera apis
This is the second post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2013. This particular post was written by Karen McDonald...
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Plasmodium relictum (revisited)
This is the third post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2013. This particular post was written by David Rex...
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Maritrema novaezealandensis (revisited)
This is the fourth and final post in a series of blog posts written by students from my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529) class of 2013. This particular post was written by Sally...
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Special Report: #WAAVP2013 Part I (lancet fluke, dolphin poop and a turtle...
Last month, I attended the 24th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP 2013). While veterinary parasitology is not my usual scene, it...
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Special Report: #WAAVP2013 Part II (tongue-biters, eye flukes and parasites...
This is Part 2 of my report on the 24th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP 2013) I attended last month. If you had missed Part 1 of...
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Paragordius varius
Photo of adult worm by Matthew BolekThe nematomorphs, or horsehair worms, are well-known for their ability to persuade their insect host to jump into a pool of water, thus allowing the adult worm to...
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