Here’s the slides from my 5 minute thesis presentation for Wild Dunedin “Are You Really In Control? Worms, Wētā, and Mind Control” the video is too long for here but is up on my instagram boydstonberry.pie
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Here’s the slides from my 5 minute thesis presentation for Wild Dunedin “Are You Really In Control? Worms, Wētā, and Mind Control” the video is too long for here but is up on my instagram boydstonberry.pie
15.04.2025 11:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0These particular worms make the wētā seek out water and get in. Parasites are an important part of the ecosystem so try not to hate them too much! Infection rate is low so don’t worry too much either
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Petri dish with specimine
Worm or wētā intestines?
Time will tell!
#parasitology #entomology
It’s that time of year folks! Time to vote for the New Zealand bug of the year. I’m voting for the giraffe weevil, who will you vote for?
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
#entomology #newzealand #bugoftheyear #giraffeweevil
Children’s drawing of a parasite worm with the reference image in the top right corner
Happy Chanukkah! This year one of my twins 5th grade students drew my dissection for me. A wētā with two juvenile hairworms inside!
#parasitology #hairworm
Abdomen of a cave wētā with worms that filled the thorax as well
I’d say there’s more worm than wētā in this case
#parasitology #worm
Example of a tank setup with a well camouflaged cave wētā among the substrate
Wētā #8 eating breakfast during observations
Can you spot the cave wētā in the Birds Eye view?
Cave wētā are known to be infected by the behavior manipulating horsehair worm. Keeping the wētā in a temperature and light controlled environment allows for behavior observations.
#parasitology #stem #womeninstem #wētā #zoology #entomology