Ant
by Eye of Science
Title
Ant
Artist
Eye of Science
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Brown ant. Colored enhanced scanning electron micrograph image (SEM) of a brown ant, Formica sp., biting a blade of grass. A parasitic Dicrocoelium dendriticum fluke has infected the ant. The fluke has formed an encysted stage (metacercaria) within the ant and is ready to infect a larger animal. The parasite causes cramp in the ant's mouthparts (mandibles), clamping it to the grass blade for many hours. During this time the ant may be consumed when the grass is eaten by a grazing animal such as a cow or sheep. The fluke will then infect its new host's gall bladder and bile duct. Dicrocoelium sp. flukes are found world-wide. Magnification x28 at 4x5 inch size.
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February 6th, 2017
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