- but many parasites, and the
majority of
protozoans and
helminths that
parasitise animals, are
specialists and
extremely host-specific. An
early basic,...
- the
nests of the
European magpie. It
repeatedly visits nests it has
parasitised, a
precondition for the
mafia hypothesis. In experiments,
nests from...
- 1857,
contains 81 species. Most
parasitise insects and
other arthropods, and the best-known
Nosema species parasitise honeybees,
where they are considered...
- is not reliable. The
tarsi of
species that
parasitise birds have two claws,
while of
those that
parasitise mammals have one only. The
Amblycera are divided...
- Nest of an
eastern phoebe that has been
parasitised by a brown-headed cowbird...
- wasps,
which parasitise eggs and
larvae of greenfly, whitefly,
cabbage caterpillars, and
scale insects; and
tachinid flies,
which parasitise a wide range...
-
meaning "widow". The
genus contains 19 species:
Members of this
genus brood-
parasitise estrilid finches.
Estrildidae is the
sister family to Viduidae. "Viduidae"...
- tend to
parasitise species or
genera to
which they are
closely related. For example, the
social wasp Dolichoves****
adulterina parasitises other members...
-
small cuckoo,
being only 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) in length, and
parasitises chiefly dome-shaped
nests of
various Gerygone species,
having a range...
-
relationships between China and the rest of the world.
Insects that feed on or
parasitise other insects are
beneficial to
humans if they
thereby reduce damage to...
