Killer Microscopic Worms Swarm Out of Dead Moth Larva (IMAGE)

Brigham Young University

Killer Microscopic Worms Swarm Out of Dead Moth Larva

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Some species of microscopic nematode worms can be an effective insecticide. In this enlarged image, baby nematodes leave a larva cadaver that their parents killed. A new study identified the genetic changes that make natural-born nematodes better bug-killers than their farm-raised cousins.

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Byron Adams/BYU

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