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The yellow-bellied sapsucker is parasitized by Haemoproteus velans, a sporozoan parasite that is transmitted to this bird through biting midges of the genus Culicoides. [24] It is also host to Philopterus californiens, a philopterid louse. [25] Adults and nestlings can be killed by raccoons, especially if the nest is either too low or not deep ...
Rubbed wool indicating the presence of external parasites on sheep. Pour-on – see backliner. Raddle – coloured pigment used to mark sheep for various reasons, such as to show ownership, or to show which lambs belong to which ewe. May be strapped to the chest of a ram, to mark the backs of ewes he mates (different rams may be given different ...
This organism is an obligate external parasite, able to reproduce only in bee colonies. It directly weakens its host by sucking up the bee's fat, and can spread RNA viruses including deformed wing virus. Heavy infestation causes the death of a colony, generally over the winter. Since 2006, more than 10 million beehives have been lost. [63] [64]
External Parasites. The second most common problem in most places is fleas. If there are just a few, they can be taken off with a flea comb a few times a day. If there are more, the puppy may need ...
External parasites of primary concern from an economic perspective are biting flies, grubs, lice and ticks. Nuisance flies such as house flies and face flies, can affect cattle to a lesser degree.
Ticks are external parasites, living by feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. The timing of the origin of ticks is uncertain, though the oldest known tick fossils are from the Cretaceous period, around 100 million years old.
Other parasites include chewing lice of the genera Meromenopon, Brueeliaa and Meropoecus, some of which are specialist parasites of bee-eaters, [42] [43] and the stickfast flea Echidnophaga gallinacea. The hole-nesting lifestyle of bee-eaters means that they tend to carry a higher burden of external parasites than non-hole-nesting bird species ...
Dasymutilla is a wasp genus belonging to the family Mutillidae.Their larvae are external parasites to various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera.Most of the velvet ants in North America—the wingless females of which are conspicuous as colorful, fast, and "fuzzy" bugs—are in the genus Dasymutilla.