Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, or pork tapeworm (stock photo) A man in the US who complained of frequent migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae in his ...

The 52-year-old man was infected with the larvae of Taenia solium, a tapeworm that normally infects pigs. This parasite can infect humans who inadvertently ingest pork that has not been thoroughly ...

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Sometimes, these larvae land in muscles ... Despite its long history, much about the life cycle of Taenia solium remained mysterious for millennia. Doctors didn’t realize that the ribbon ...

However, scientists report that queen black garden ants ( Lasius niger ) eat offspring in a seemingly unappetizing state: when the larvae are infected with a fungus 1 . By doing so, the queens ...

When the containers fill with water, mosquito larvae hatch from the eggs. After developing through four larval stages, the larvae metamorphose into pupas. Like the larval stage, the pupal stage is ...

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It is the immature larvae forms that cause the damage, rather than the adult beetles. There are three native species in Britain of the Anthrenus genus, of which the varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus ...

"She would have periods in time where she’d suddenly wake up in the middle of the day and she couldn’t remember anything from the last few hours." ...

A butterfly egg is tiny, but wasps can still develop inside it. When a wasp larva finds itself nestled inside a butterfly egg, it has all the sustenance it needs in that hard-shelled, protective host ...