Cassytha Filiformis or 'Love Vine' (IMAGE)

Rice University

Cassytha Filiformis or 'Love Vine'

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Rice University bioscientists have discovered the first example of a parasitic plant attacking a parasitic insect on a shared host plant. Cassytha filiformis, also known as love vine, feeds off of galls, the natal chambers of parasitic wasps.

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Mattheau Comerford/Rice University

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