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brood parasitism Parasitoid wasps Zombie-ant fungus parasitic dodder Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite European mistletoe
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Do mushrooms need sunlight?
What is food for a mushroom? That depends.
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dodder
Dodder (Cuscuta), a seed-producing parasite, entwined around blueberry (Vaccinium).
Courtesy of Dr. W.V. Welker, weed scientist, USDA (retired)
Life cycle of the tick Ixodes scapularis
The hard tick Ixodes scapularis is a carrier of the bacterium that causes...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Malaria life cycle
Life cycle of a malaria parasite.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
brood parasitism
The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) has coevolved with several other bird...
John Markham/Bruce Coleman Ltd.
Parasitoid wasps
Parasitoids, which parasitize other arthropods by depositing eggs in the pupae, larvae,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Zombie-ant fungus
A deceased carpenter ant (Camponotus species) infected with zombie-ant fungus...
Oliver Thompson-Holmes/Alamy
parasitic dodder
Scaldweed (Cuscuta gronovii), a species of the parasitic plant dodder, which...
E.R. Degginger
Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax inside a red blood cell.
A.L. Leu
European mistletoe
Numerous European mistletoe plants (Viscum album) parasitizing a tree. Mistletoes...
© Dee/Fotolia
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