Parasites Collection (page 11)

Red-berried Mistletoe - in hawthorn bush in snowy weather - high in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
ROG-13552 Red-berried Mistletoe - in hawthorn bush in snowy weather high in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Viscum cruciatum Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Yellow Bird's-nest - parasitic flowering plant, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-3734 Yellow Bird's-nest - parasitic flowering plant Lower Saxony, Germany Monotropa hypopitys Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mistletoe (Viscum album); parasitic plant on trees. With berries. France
ROG-13300 Mistletoe - parasitic plant on trees. With berries France Viscum album Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cuckoo - chick being fed by Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
ME-88 Cuckoo - chick being fed by Dunnock (Prunella modularis) Cuculus canorus Cuckoos are Brood Parasites Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Honey Fungus attack Sycamore stump. Armillaria mellea (chunky form) One of the most dangerous parasites of trees
DAD-1996 Honey Fungus attack Sycamore stump. (chunky form) One of the most dangerous parasites of trees, causing intensive white rot and eventual death. Very common and edible when cooked

Wolsey / John Gilbert
THOMAS, CARDINAL WOLSEY depicted at the height of his power, on his way to Westminster Hall surrounded by suppliants and petitioners, lobbyists and parasites

Cuckoo - young in nest next to egg
ME-2150 Cuckoo - young in nest next to egg Cuculus canorus Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cuckoo - young fed by Dunnock
ME-2151 Cuckoo - young fed by Dunnock Cuculus canorus Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Tapeworm CHI0860
LRDS-154 Tapeworm Taenia solium David Spears (Last Refuge) / ardea.com Last Refuge Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mistltoe - growing on Poplars. Alsace - France
WAT-11832 Mistltoe - growing on Poplars Alsace - France M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Blackstriped Cardnalfish with Fish Lice (Family Cymathoidae) - this isopod attached to this Cardnalfish is slowly
VT-8969 Blackstriped Cardinalfish with Fish Lice (Family Cymathoidae) Raja Ampat - Indonesia Apogon nigrofasciatus This isopod attached to this Cardinalfish is slowly sucking the life from its host

Saw Legged Fish Louse - this carnivorous louse attaches itself to a host fish where it in sucks blood and flesh
VT-8759 Saw-Legged Fish Louse - this carnivorous louse attaches itself to a host fish where it in sucks blood and flesh. This poor parrotfish has two of these flesh sucking louse which must be a

Tomato Cod - being cleaned by the hump-back cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) Mllne Bay, Papua New Guinea
VT-8737 Tomato Cod - being cleaned by the Indo-pacific White-striped / Hump-back Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) Mllne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Sweetlip - with Cleaner Wrasse, Painted Sweetlips lined up to be cleaned by the little wrasse
VT-8757 Sweetlip - with Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Painted Sweetlips lined up to be cleaned by the little wrasse

Triggerfish - & Cleaner Wrasse, this large Triggerfish sits quietly while the little Wrasse picks off parisites
VT-8755 Triggerfish - & Cleaner Wrasse, this large Triggerfish sits quietly while the little Wrasse picks off parisites. Papua New Guinea. Balistoides viridescens

Sweetlip, cleaner wrasse - this Sweetlip holds is mouth open so the little wrasse can clean his gills
VT-8756 Magpie Sweetlip, cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) - this Sweetlip holds is mouth open so the little wrasse can clean his gills

Cod - Considered a good eating fish this cod is often seen looking out from the protection of the coral
VT-8736 Cod - being cleaned by a Labroides wrasse. Indonesia Epinephelus macrospilus They are considered a good eating fish. This cod is often seen looking out from the protection of the coral

Moray Eel and Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides sp) - Cleaner wrasse are the barbers of the reef
VT-8725 Moray Eel and Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides sp) Indonesia Gymnothorax flavimarginatus Cleaner wrasse are the barbers of the reef. Here we see a wrasse nipping parasites from a moray eel

Mistletoe - with berries in apple tree
ROG-9743 MISTLETOE IN FRUIT - On apple tree Viscum album Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria); root parasite on hazel and maple. Uncommon in UK
ROG-12370 Toothwort; root parasite on hazel and maple Uncommon in UK. Lathraea squamaria Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mistletoe tree - old lime pollard in field, Somerset
ROG-12322 Mistletoe tree - old lime pollard in field Somerset. UK Viscum album Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Ivy Broomrape
ROG-11580 Ivy Broomrape UK Orobanche hederae Parasitic plant that grows into the host root. Orobanche hederae favour Ivy. Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Yellow-rattle / Hay-rattle / Rattle-basket - in flower. Minor semi-parasite on grasses
ROG-10962 Yellow-rattle / Hay-rattle / Rattle-basket - in flower. Minor semi-parasite on grasses. Rhianthus minor Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mistletoe - on apple tree. Europe
PPG-1613 Mistletoe - on apple tree Europe Viscum album Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Mistletoe - on Poplar Tree. Europe
PPG-1621 Mistletoe - on Poplar Tree Europe Viscum album Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Silver Lamprey - parasitic on Carp
PM-6653 Silver Lamprey - parasitic on Carp Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Common Dodder - Parasitic plant, rare in UK, status vulnerable
LB-7506 Common DODDER - parasitic plant Cuscuta epithymum status: vulnerable Ian Beames Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Mistletoe - in flower
JLM-4965 MISTLETOE - in flower Viscum album John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Mistletoe - with berries
JLM-11939 Mistletoe - with berries Viscum album John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Cauliflower Fungus - parasitic on conifer tree
DAD-729 Brain / Cauliflower Fungus - parasitic on conifer tree Sparassis crispa Edible David C Dixon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mistletoe - Viscum album on poplar tree. Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that growns on the branches of host trees i. e
DAD-1948 Mistletoe - Viscum album on poplar tree The Loire, France Viscum album Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that growns on the branches of host trees i.e. Malus, Poplar and Lime. June

Tobacco looper moth larva - parasitised by a wasp (fam. Encyrtidae): wasp larvae will feed on its living tissue
AUS-442 Tobacco looper moth larva - parasitised by a wasp (fam. Encyrtidae): wasp larvae will feed on its living tissue. Australia Chrysodeixis argentifera Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

A parasitic wasp (fam. Braconidae), female inserting long ovipositor inside a rainforest log in which her beetle larvae
AUS-438 A parasitic wasp (fam. Braconidae), female inserting long ovipositor inside a rainforest log in which her beetle larvae prey are feeding Australia Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Spotted Pipefish, Stigmatopora argus, A spotted pipefish with an Isopod Parasite attached to its lower jaw
AUS-1485 Spotted pipefish with an isopod parasite attached to its lower jaw. Port Hughes, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Stigmatopora argus John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Adult Manta Ray (Manta birostris) in possible mating formation off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Common Cuckoo - Juvenile is growing too big for nest of the reed warbler The Netherlands, Overijssel
VG-8926 Common Cuckoo - Juvenile is growing too big for nest of the reed warbler The Netherlands, Overijssel Cuculus canorus Paul Van Gaalen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Common Cuckoo - Juvenile in Reed Warbler nest - Begging for food The Netherlands, Overijssel
VG-8919 Common Cuckoo - Juvenile in Reed Warbler nest - Begging for food The Netherlands, Overijssel Cuculus canorus Paul Van Gaalen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Common Cuckoo - Juvenile is throwing eggs of Reed Warbler out of nest The Netherlands - Overijssel
VG-8915 Common Cuckoo - Juvenile is throwing eggs of Reed Warbler out of nest The Netherlands - Overijssel Cuculus canorus Paul Van Gaalen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Common Cuckoo - Eggs of the reed warbler and of the Common Cuckoo The Netherlands, Overijssel
VG-8913 Common Cuckoo - Eggs of the reed warbler and of the Common Cuckoo The Netherlands, Overijssel Cuculus canorus Paul Van Gaalen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Common Cuckoo - Juvenile in nest being fed by Reed Warbler - Overijssel - The Netherlands
VG-1050 Common Cuckoo - Juvenile in nest being fed by Reed Warbler Overijssel - The Netherlands Cuculus canorus Paul Van Gaalen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Kleptoparasitic Wasp - laying egg in Bee nest UK
SPH-2816 Kleptoparasitic WASP - laying egg in bee nest UK Sapyga clavicornis Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cat Flea Crawling in cat fur, UK
SPH-116 CAT FLEA - crawling in cat fur UK Ctenocephalides felis Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Parasitic Tachinid Fly
ROG-5237 PARASITIC TACHINID FLY Echinomyia grossa Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hog Louse
PPG-1752 Hog Louse. Haematopinus suis Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Emerald Cockroach Wasp/ Jewel Wasp: a parasitoid wasp that lays its eggs into the nerve ganglia of living cockroaches
PM-10262 Emerald Cockroach Wasp / Jewel Wasp: a parasitoid wasp that lays its eggs into the nerve ganglia of living cockroaches Tropical Africa, India

Cuckoo - young in Reed Warbler nest with host bird Sussex, UK
MAW-66 Cuckoo - young being fed at nest by Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). June, Sussex Cuculus canorus Maurice Walker Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Dark Field Light Micrograph: Chigoe Flea; Magnification x 200 (A4 size: 29. 7 cm width)
LRDS-25 Chigoe Flea Dark Field Light Micrograph (LM) Tunga penetrans Magnification x 200 (A4 size: 29.7 cm width) Credit: David Spears (last refuge)

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Parasites: The Intricate World of Nature's Stealthy Predators Common Vampire Bat - close-up face after feeding in Sao Paulo, Brazil: Witness the aftermath of a bloodthirsty feast as the Common Vampire Bat reveals its crimson-stained visage, showcasing nature's dark side. Liver Fluke - microscope slide preparation of the whole animal: Delve into the microscopic realm and explore the intricate world of Liver Flukes, captivating parasites that intricately adapt to their host's environment. Parasitic Wasp - Laying egg in hoverfly larva, UK: Unveiling a chilling life cycle, witness the parasitic wasp cunningly depositing its eggs within unsuspecting hoverfly larvae, ensuring survival at any cost. Mosquito (Culicidae), female - internal anatomy and sucking blood from skin cross-section: Peek beneath the surface as we unravel the secret life of mosquitoes; observe their complex internal anatomy while they stealthily extract precious sustenance from our skin. Eyelash mite tails captured under SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope): Enter an unseen world where even our eyelashes harbor tiny inhabitants – marvel at these minuscule creatures' delicate tails through powerful microscopic lenses. Cuckoo - young in Reed Warbler nest being fed in UK: Nature's deceptive trickster unfolds before your eyes as a cuckoo chick thrives by duping unsuspecting reed warblers into raising it as one of their own. California gray whale with Colony of barnacles and Cyamid crustaceans on its head: Discover an extraordinary symbiotic relationship between majestic gray whales and tenacious barnacles along with cyamid crustaceans who call these gentle giants home. Macro photograph unveiling Liver Flukes' hidden beauty: In this mesmerizing macro shot, uncover unexpected allure within liver flukes – parasites that may be repulsive in nature but possess an undeniable aesthetic charm.