A Leucochloridium paradoxum (green-banded broodsac) for @Toby Tremlett🔹!
Cited from Wikipedia: ”Its intermediate hosts are land snails, usually of the genus Succinea. The pulsating, green broodsacs fill the eye stalks of the snail, thereby attracting predation by birds, the primary host. These broodsacs visually imitate caterpillars, a prey of birds. The adult parasite lives in the bird’s cloaca, releasing its eggs into the faeces.”
A Leucochloridium paradoxum (green-banded broodsac) for @Toby Tremlett🔹!
Cited from Wikipedia:
”Its intermediate hosts are land snails, usually of the genus Succinea. The pulsating, green broodsacs fill the eye stalks of the snail, thereby attracting predation by birds, the primary host. These broodsacs visually imitate caterpillars, a prey of birds. The adult parasite lives in the bird’s cloaca, releasing its eggs into the faeces.”
Thanks so much Ulf! What a horrible fantastic image