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Tonguefish (Cynoglossus sp) larva with erect fins and Copepod (Copepoda Subclass), Blackwater night dive, Seraya, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Tonguefish (Cynoglossus sp) larva with erect fins and Copepod (Copepoda Subclass), Blackwater night dive, Seraya, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia
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Cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus campestris (Psythirus) parasites of field bumblebees (Bombus pascuorum) on viperbugloss in forest, Bouxières-aux-dames,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus campestris (Psythirus) parasites of field bumblebees (Bombus pascuorum) on viperbugloss in forest, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
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Weevil parasitized by a Parasitic fungus (Ophiocordyceps curculionum), Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Weevil parasitized by a Parasitic fungus (Ophiocordyceps curculionum), Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
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Moorish Wall Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) with Ant on the muzzle and Parasites on the eyelid, Spain
© Mario Cea Sanchez / Biosphoto
© Mario Cea Sanchez / Biosphoto
Moorish Wall Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) with Ant on the muzzle and Parasites on the eyelid, Spain
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Giant Ichneumon female laying eggs - Northern Vosges France
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
Cuckoo perched on a fence at spring - GB
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
Cuckoo perched in a blooming tree at spring - GB
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
Cuckoo perched on a public footpath sign England
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
Common Cuckoo perched on an apple tree at spring GB
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Sand Tiger Shark and Baitfishes North Carolina USA ; Note parasitic copepods on snout.
© Brandon Cole / Biosphoto
© Brandon Cole / Biosphoto
Sand Tiger Shark and Baitfishes North Carolina USA ; Note parasitic copepods on snout.
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Spicules of sea cuncumber under microscope ; Lighting in polarized light with blade compensatory gypsum, magnified x 100.
© Christian Gautier / Biosphoto
© Christian Gautier / Biosphoto
Spicules of sea cuncumber under microscope ; Lighting in polarized light with blade compensatory gypsum, magnified x 100.
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Large Rose Aphids colony on a Rose bud - Germany
© Michael Weber / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
© Michael Weber / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
Large Rose Aphids colony on a Rose bud - Germany
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Basket Star Shrimp (Lipkemenes lanipes) with eggs of internal parasitic isopod (Bopyridae Family) in the shrimp's gill chamber in Giant Basket Star
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Basket Star Shrimp (Lipkemenes lanipes) with eggs of internal parasitic isopod (Bopyridae Family) in the shrimp's gill chamber in Giant Basket Star (Astroboa nuda), Tanjung Uli dive site, night dive, Weda, Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Halmahera Sea
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Reticulated Dascyllus (Dascyllus reticulatus) with Segmented Fish Isopod (Anilocra sp) parasite, Sebayor Kecil dive site, between Komodo and Flores
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Reticulated Dascyllus (Dascyllus reticulatus) with Segmented Fish Isopod (Anilocra sp) parasite, Sebayor Kecil dive site, between Komodo and Flores Islands, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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Aphids (Macrosiphum sp.), larvae, alate and apterous morphs, on the reverse side of a Euonymus japonicus 'Aureus' leaf
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Aphids (Macrosiphum sp.), larvae, alate and apterous morphs, on the reverse side of a Euonymus japonicus 'Aureus' leaf
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Cactus scale (Diaspis echinocacti), group on Prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) cladode, Gard, France
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Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) walking on a snowy field. Central Quebec region. Canada
© Philippe Henry / Biosphoto
© Philippe Henry / Biosphoto
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) walking on a snowy field. Central Quebec region. Canada
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Topsail Chub (Kyphosus cinerascens) with pair of Cymathoid Isopods (Cymothoa sp) parasite, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Topsail Chub (Kyphosus cinerascens) with pair of Cymathoid Isopods (Cymothoa sp) parasite, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Albino starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on a branch, Canton Vaud, Switzerland
© Christian Fosserat / Biosphoto
© Christian Fosserat / Biosphoto
Albino starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on a branch, Canton Vaud, Switzerland
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Tachinid fly parasitoid of oak processionary caterpillars (Phryxe caudata) and oak processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea processionea), Champenoux
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Tachinid fly parasitoid of oak processionary caterpillars (Phryxe caudata) and oak processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea processionea), Champenoux forest, Lorraine, France
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Tachinaire (Cylindromyia bicolor) parasitoid of Pentatomid bugs, on strawberry leaf, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Tachinaire (Cylindromyia bicolor) parasitoid of Pentatomid bugs, on strawberry leaf, Lorraine, France
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Tachinaire (Cylindromyia bicolor) parasitoid of Pentatomid bugs, on strawberry leaf, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Tachinaire (Cylindromyia bicolor) parasitoid of Pentatomid bugs, on strawberry leaf, Lorraine, France
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) juvenile on branch in birch forest, Bialowieza Forest UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland, Europe.
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) juvenile on branch in birch forest, Bialowieza Forest UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland, Europe.
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Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp (Synalpheus stimpsoni) with parasitic isopod (Parabopyrella sp) in gill chamber on Crinoid (Comatulida Order), Coral
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Stimpson's Snapping Shrimp (Synalpheus stimpsoni) with parasitic isopod (Parabopyrella sp) in gill chamber on Crinoid (Comatulida Order), Coral Garden dive site, Tulamben, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
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Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from a young Atlantic
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from a young Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a species of cleaner fish, so called due to its natural behaviour removing and eating skin parasites from other species of fish.Sea lice are naturally occurring ectoparasitic copepods that attach themselves to marine fish and feed on mucus, skin and blood of their host. The salmon louse - Lepeophtheirus salmonis is of particular concern as it causes major health issues for farmed salmon including fin damage, skin erosion, wounds and a reduction in overall health and performance. If sea lice numbers are sufficient death can also occur. The treatment of them is currently dependent on a range of anti-parasitic chemical treatments, both bath and in-feed. The continued reliance and discharge of these chemicals combined with concerns about increasing resistance to their efficacy has led the salmon farming industry to introduce biological sea lice control with the use of cleaner fish that eat the sea lice from the salmons skin. Ballan wrasse and lumpfish are the predominant species used as cleaner fish, with a current heavy demand placed on wild capture fisheries to fulfil this demand despite the advent of farming for both species. Cleaner-fish, such as wrasse or lumpfish, live in the same cages as salmon where they attack and eat parasitic sea lice. generally have to be put into the cages in a ratio of 2 to 3 wrasses for 100 salmon. These cleaner fishes are used regularly to control sea lice on salmon farms in Scotland, Ireland and Norway.
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Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a species of cleaner fish, so called due to its natural behaviour removing and eating skin parasites from other species of fish.Sea lice are naturally occurring ectoparasitic copepods that attach themselves to marine fish and feed on mucus, skin and blood of their host. The salmon louse - Lepeophtheirus salmonis is of particular concern as it causes major health issues for farmed salmon including fin damage, skin erosion, wounds and a reduction in overall health and performance. If sea lice numbers are sufficient death can also occur. The treatment of them is currently dependent on a range of anti-parasitic chemical treatments, both bath and in-feed. The continued reliance and discharge of these chemicals combined with concerns about increasing resistance to their efficacy has led the salmon farming industry to introduce biological sea lice control with the use of cleaner fish that eat the sea lice from the salmons skin. Ballan wrasse and lumpfish are the predominant species used as cleaner fish, with a current heavy demand placed on wild capture fisheries to fulfil this demand despite the advent of farming for both species. Cleaner-fish, such as wrasse or lumpfish, live in the same cages as salmon where they attack and eat parasitic sea lice. generally have to be put into the cages in a ratio of 2 to 3 wrasses for 100 salmon. These cleaner fishes are used regularly to control sea lice on salmon farms in Scotland, Ireland and Norway.
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Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a species of cleaner fish, so called due to its natural behaviour removing and eating skin parasites from other species of fish.Sea lice are naturally occurring ectoparasitic copepods that attach themselves to marine fish and feed on mucus, skin and blood of their host. The salmon louse - Lepeophtheirus salmonis is of particular concern as it causes major health issues for farmed salmon including fin damage, skin erosion, wounds and a reduction in overall health and performance. If sea lice numbers are sufficient death can also occur. The treatment of them is currently dependent on a range of anti-parasitic chemical treatments, both bath and in-feed. The continued reliance and discharge of these chemicals combined with concerns about increasing resistance to their efficacy has led the salmon farming industry to introduce biological sea lice control with the use of cleaner fish that eat the sea lice from the salmons skin. Ballan wrasse and lumpfish are the predominant species used as cleaner fish, with a current heavy demand placed on wild capture fisheries to fulfil this demand despite the advent of farming for both species. Cleaner-fish, such as wrasse or lumpfish, live in the same cages as salmon where they attack and eat parasitic sea lice. generally have to be put into the cages in a ratio of 2 to 3 wrasses for 100 salmon. These cleaner fishes are used regularly to control sea lice on salmon farms in Scotland, Ireland and Norway.
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Bourdon coucou (Bombus campestris (Psythirus) parasite des bourdons champêtres (Bombus pascuorum) sur vipérine en forêt, Pagny-la-blanche-côte,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Bourdon coucou (Bombus campestris (Psythirus) parasite des bourdons champêtres (Bombus pascuorum) sur vipérine en forêt, Pagny-la-blanche-côte, Lorraine, France
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Varroa mite (Varroa destructor)Ectoparasitic mite of the honey bee on a white background
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Varroa mite (Varroa destructor)Ectoparasitic mite of the honey bee on a white background
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Great Ichneumon (Dolichomitus imperator) laying eggs on a wood-boring larva, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Great Ichneumon (Dolichomitus imperator) laying eggs on a wood-boring larva, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Shaggy Scalycap (Pholiota squarrosa) on a stump, Savoie, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Shaggy Scalycap (Pholiota squarrosa) on a stump, Savoie, France
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Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) on a stump, responsible for
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) on a stump, responsible for rotting the living parts of the wood, Savoie, France
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Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) on a stump, responsible for rotting the living parts of the wood, Savoie, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) on a stump, responsible for rotting the living parts of the wood, Savoie, France
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Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) on a stump, responsible for rotting the living parts of the wood, Savoie, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) on a stump, responsible for rotting the living parts of the wood, Savoie, France
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Mealy grass root aphid (Aploneura lentisci) galls on Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus), Vaucluse, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Mealy grass root aphid (Aploneura lentisci) galls on Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus), Vaucluse, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Cushion Bracket (Phellinus tuberculosus) on an old Plumtree, Gers, France
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Elm (Ulmus sp.) leaf with serpentine mine of Leaf-mining moth, Gard, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Elm (Ulmus sp.) leaf with serpentine mine of Leaf-mining moth, Gard, France
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Laurisylve of the island of El Hierro: exclusive parasitic fungus
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Laurisylve of the island of El Hierro: exclusive parasitic fungus on a Canary laurel (Laurobasidium lauri). This type of humid forest is present on very humid ridges subject to the trade winds, causing a "horizontal rain" of nearly 1500 mm/year and is dominated by lauraceae, ferns and mosses. Many of the species are endemic and the entire island of El Hierro is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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Close up of Sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus) swimming upside down. Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales.
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Close up of Sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus) swimming upside down. Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit
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Golden ear (Tremella aurantia)Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) on a dead tree, Bouxieres-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Golden ear (Tremella aurantia)Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) on a dead tree, Bouxieres-aux-dames, Lorraine, France
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Ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea), parasitic fungus on cereals,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea), parasitic fungus on cereals, on an ear of wheat (Triticum sp), Carrière de Villey Saint-Etienne, Lorraine, France
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Parasitic fungus on an egg of a European frog (Rana temporaria), Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Parasitic fungus on an egg of a European frog (Rana temporaria), Lorraine, France
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Parasitic fungus on an egg of a European frog (Rana temporaria), Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Parasitic fungus on an egg of a European frog (Rana temporaria), Lorraine, France
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Parasitic fungus on a crane fly, Mont Saint-Quentin fort,
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Parasitic fungus on a crane fly, Mont Saint-Quentin fort, Plappeville, Lorraine, France