Posts Tagged: Lindsey Mack

Host and a Parasite: Battle of Sand Field Crickets vs. Horsehair Worms

If you were a sand field cricket, you would not like horsehair worms. "The horsehair worm (Paragordius varius) is a long-lived parasite that infects arthropods, including the sand field cricket, Gryllus firmus," says...

A sand field cricket (Gryllus firmus), and a horsehair worm (Paragordius varius). (Photos courtesy of Amy Worthington)

A sand field cricket (Gryllus firmus), and a horsehair worm (Paragordius varius). (Photos courtesy of Amy Worthington)

From A (Ants) to B (Bumble Bees) And More...

Congratulations to four outstanding young entomologists from the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology--all PhDs to be. They did UC Davis proud at the annual Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting, which this year...

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