Behavior-altering parasites are parasites capable of causing changes in the behavior of their hosts species to enhance their transmission, sometimes directly...

reproductive behavior, which involves stinging a cockroach and using it as a host for its larvae. It thus belongs to the entomophagous parasites. The wasp...

episode, the crew of the Enterprise must find a way to exterminate behavior-altering parasites that have taken over the bodies of residents of a Federation...

Online Etymology Dictionary. van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph (1876). Animal parasites and messmates. International scientific series. Vol. 19. London: Henry...

which alter their web-building behavior. Instead of producing their normal sticky spiral shaped webs, they made simplified webs when the parasites were...

known definitive hosts in which the parasite may undergo sexual reproduction. In rodents, T. gondii alters behavior in ways that increase the rodents'...

resource or shared food item. Instead of fighting or exhibiting aggressive behavior in order to win resources, exploitative competition occurs when resource...

californiensis modifies the behavior of the host to increase the likelihood of transmission to its next host. The parasite's eggs are released in the droppings...

Parasite-stress theory, or pathogen-stress theory, is a theory of human evolution proposing that parasites and diseases encountered by a species shape...

avoid and/or resist the infection by the parasite. Some parasites have evolved to manipulate their host's behavior in order to increase their transmission...

further emphasizing the traits of the female butterfly, could alter this usual behavior in males. Studies show that the male silver-washed fritillary...

sacrificing themselves. Other animals are victims of parasites that are known to alter the behavior of their host to complete their lifecycle, which result...

1242/jeb.38.2.267. Wojcik, Daniel P. (March 1989). "Behavioral Interactions between Ants and Their Parasites". The Florida Entomologist. 72 (1): 43–51. doi:10...

defence mounted for the benefit of individuals other than the actor. For parasites, the frequent contact, high population density and low genetic variability...

system, which is a hypothesis to help explain how parasites like these can manipulate their hosts' behavior. The female Sacculina larva finds a crab and walks...

species can also alter their behavior in response to the presence of a cowbird nestling. Song sparrow nestlings in parasitized nests alter their vocalizations...

gondii-infected rodents show a number of behavioral changes beyond altered responses to cat odors. Rats infected with the parasite show increased levels of activity...

that increases fitness benefits for the parasite. Parasites can affect host behavior in multiple ways by altering host activity, the host's microenvironment...

found to be one of many parasite species able to manipulate their host's behavior. Host manipulation is commonly observed in parasites with complex life cycles...

hyperparasite, also known as a metaparasite, is a parasite whose host, often an insect, is also a parasite, often specifically a parasitoid. Hyperparasites...

popular subject of inquiry in fish ethology and behavioral ecology. Its antipredator adaptations, host-parasite interactions, sensory physiology, reproductive...

upon realizing the crab’s large size, subsequently altering its course. As for reproductive behavior, five mature specimens were observed displaying a...

attack a variety of ant species, though A. borealis attacks and alters the behavior of bees and wasps. These flies are colloquially known as zombie flies...

(June 1, 1990). "Serotonin, octopamine, and the clinging behavior induced by the parasite Polymorphus paradoxus (Acanthocephala) in Gammarus lacustris...

to absorb nourishment and enable the parasite to control the behavior of its host. The presence of the parasite inhibits the development of the crab's...

fungus that creates so-called "zombie ants" or, more generally, behavior-altering parasites "Philosophical zombie", a person without a consciousness, used...

Shinichi’s behavior, Satomi becomes increasingly estranged from him as he desperately strives to keep her in the dark about Migi and the Parasite threat....

long, synchronous life cycles.[citation needed] Another parasite that hijacks host sexual behavior is Massospora levispora, a pathogen of the annual cicada...

its complex life cycle. Ligula intestinalis is a parasite that changes its intermediate host's behavior to become more vulnerable to its predators. In this...

; Moore, J. (2014-07-01). "The Effect of a Nematode Parasite on Feeding and Dung-Burying Behavior of an Ecosystem Engineer". Integrative and Comparative...