This person does not yet have a bio. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In parasitizing slugs, P. hermaphrodita kills its hosts. It waits in the soil and penetrates passing slugs, ...

About 70 to 80 percent of semi-slugs carry the parasite and can carry at least ... cheaper methods for controlling snails. The team is looking at using galvanized metal, diatomaceous earth ...

This can be a nuisance for those looking to cultivate their fruit ... Rat lungworm is a type of parasite that can exist in slugs. If accidentally ingested, it can cause serious health issues ...

Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading ... interlude in its intermediate victims, slugs and snails. The cycle begins in rats, where first ...

A recent University of Hawaii study predicts that rat lungworm disease, which is carried by snails and slugs, will spread to higher elevations as the climate warms. -- LORRIN PANG photo ...