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Quiz of the month: unusual parasite Faba glabra (Fabidae)
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Bopyrid isopod
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Hitch-hiker
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Odd parasite 2
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Periclimenaeus sp with greatly expanded carapace: result of a double parasitism by two different species of isopods: a primary parasite and its hyperparasite
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Odd parasite 1
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A Chilean hermit crab (Pagurus edwardsi) infested by a rhizocephalan (Peltogasterella gracilis)
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Synalpheus cf brevicarpus (1), Caribbean coast of Panama
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Synalpheus cf brevicarpus (1) pair, Caribbean coast of Panama
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A small pistol shrimp (Synalpheus sp) infested with an isopod (bopyrid) parasite
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A mygalomorph spider with a parasitoid larva, Ecuador
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Porcellanid crab with a branchial epicaridean parasite
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Nemertean worm from Fiji, with everted proboscis ?
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Parasitic bopyrid isopod from gill chamber of a mudshrimp, Upogebia pugettensis
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Parasitic bopyrid isopod from gill chamber of a mudshrimp, Upogebia pugettensis
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Huntsmanan spider with internal parasite 1
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Huntsman spider with internal parasite 2
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Treehopper colony, Panama
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Something's stuck to my face !
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A mite-infested grasshopper from the Atlas slopes of Morocco
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Bee killer assassin bug (Apiomerus sp, Reduviidae) sucking on its prey, Panama
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Manaosbiid harvestman with a parasitic larval mite (Leptus sp, Erythraeidae) from Venezuela
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Two arachnids !
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A giant wood-boring or timber fly (Pantophthalmus sp, Pantophthalmidae) in my hand, BCI, Panama
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Small cricket or trig (Trigonidiinae) with a parasitic mite larva (Erythraeidae), Panama
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Aetanthus nodosus, a parasitic plant (Loranthaceae) from the Ecuadorian clouforest
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Rafflesia sp - inside
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Rafflesia sp - last days, Borneo
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A puri-puri (black fly, Simuliidae) sucking my blood, Gran Sabana, Venezuela
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Blood sucker