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  2. Cricket (insect) - Wikipedia

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    Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to ... The horsehair worm Paragordius varius is an internal parasite and can control the behaviour of its cricket ...

  3. Spinochordodes tellinii - Wikipedia

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    Spinochordodes tellinii is a parasitic nematomorph hairworm whose larvae develop in grasshoppers and crickets.This parasite is able to influence its host's behavior: once the parasite is grown, it causes its grasshopper host to jump into water, where the grasshopper will likely drown.

  4. Ormia ochracea - Wikipedia

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    Ormia ochracea is a small yellow nocturnal fly in the family Tachinidae. [2] It is notable for its parasitism of crickets and its exceptionally acute directional hearing. The female is attracted to the song of the male cricket and deposits larvae on or around him, as was discovered in 1975 by the zoologist William H. Cade.

  5. Paragordius tricuspidatus - Wikipedia

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    Paragordius tricuspidatus is a species of parasitic worm that affects the cricket Nemobius sylvestris.In its larval stage, the worm is microscopic, but grows into a large worm (10–15 cm or 3.9–5.9 in) inside its host after accidental ingestion since their eggs are laid at the edge of the water by rivers where crickets frequently reside. [2]

  6. Parasitoid - Wikipedia

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    A perspective on the evolutionary options can be gained by considering four questions: the effect on the reproductive fitness of a parasite's hosts; the number of hosts they have per life stage; whether the host is prevented from reproducing; and whether the effect depends on intensity (number of parasites per host). From this analysis ...

  7. Behavior-altering parasite - Wikipedia

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    Crickets infected by horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) exhibit light-seeking behavior and increased walking speed, leading them to open spaces and ponds (the surface of which reflects moonlight); the crickets will eventually find and enter a body of water, where the worm will wiggle out of the cricket's abdomen and swim away. While crickets often ...

  8. Insect protein? Edible worms? Why you may want to add ... - AOL

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    Like with animal livestock, insects can harbor disease-causing pathogens, including E. coli and parasites. “This doesn’t mean crickets cannot be eaten safely,” Sarah Alsing, a dietitian and ...

  9. List of parasitic organisms - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of organisms that are true parasites upon other organisms. Endoparasites. endo = within; parasites that live inside their hosts)