Wayward worms.While it is extraordinary that an unprotected insect larva survives gut gut (gut) 1. intestine. 2. the primordial digestive tube, consisting of the fore-, mid-, and hindgut. 3. surgical g. blind gut cecum. passage ("When Worms Fly: Insect larvae Larvae, in Roman religion Larvae: see lemures. can survive bird guts" SN: 12/10/05, p. 373), it is not the first demonstration that insects Insects See also ants; bees; biology; butterflies; zoology. acarophobia a fear of itching or of the mites or ticks that cause it. aeroscepsy, aeroscepsis perception by means of the air, said to be a function of the antennae of insects. may be carried inside of birds. The larvae of-phytophagous wasps living inside the seeds of the multiflora rose pass unharmed through the guts of mockingbirds. C.A. NALEPA, RALEIGH, N.C. |
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