Mermithid Biology
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Description: Information on the life cycle of these obligate parasites of aquatic and terrestrial insects.
Mermithids that attack the aquatic stage of their hosts are similar, varying mostly in the length of time required to complete their life cycle. The infective stage (preparasite) hatches from the egg as a second- stage larva and in most species is free swimming in still-water environments, but species that develop in moving water environments may attach themselves to surface substrate (Molloy and Jamnback, 1975). The preparasite appears to be nondirectional in its swimming activity, leading several authors to suggest that host contact is accidental. Kurihara (1976) reported that the preparasites of
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