[Taxacom] id of a mantis parasite

[John Noyes]

There seems to be something on 

http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/discovery-centre-news/2010-archive/gordian-worms/

Our mantid expert says this is a fairly common phenomenon. The worm even "encourages" the mantis to go into water so that it can emerge properly.

John

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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of John Grehan
Sent: 14 September 2013 23:19
To: Donat Agosti
Cc: taxacom
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] id of a mantis parasite

Seems to be a Gordian worm of some kind. Some other responses on that site seem to indicate this also.

John Grehan


On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Donat Agosti <agosti at amnh.org> wrote:

> Who has an idea of what parasite of a mantis this is?
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> thanks for a hint
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> cheers
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> donat
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