-
another opportunity for parasitism. Similarly, the brown-headed
cowbird parasitises the
prothonotary warbler. In
other experiments, 56% of egg-ejected nests...
- but many parasites, and the
majority of
protozoans and
helminths that
parasitise animals, are
specialists and
extremely host-specific. An
early basic,...
- hosts,
whereas the
paradise whydahs choose pytilias and the cuckoo-finch
parasitises cisticolids.
Unlike the
cuckoos and honeyguides, the
indigobirds and...
- grylli,
which parasitises crickets, have been
transferred to Paranosema, or in the
former case Antonospora.
Nosema algerae,
which parasitises anopheline...
- is
named after the
naturalist and
broadcaster David Attenborough. It
parasitises the
spiders Meta
menardi and
Metellina merianae. G.
attenboroughii has...
-
separate genus. They are a
specialized socially parasitic lineage which parasitises the
nests of 'true' bumblebees,
resulting in the loss of the ability...
- Nest of an
eastern phoebe that has been
parasitised by a brown-headed cowbird...
-
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...
-
Sacculina carcini (highlighted)
parasitising the crab
Liocarcinus holsatus....
- tend to
parasitise species or
genera to
which they are
closely related. For example, the
social wasp Dolichoves****
adulterina parasitises other members...
