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  2. Mealworm - Wikipedia

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    Mealworms, larvae of Tenebrio molitor, illustrated by Des Helmore. Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. The yellow mealworm beetle prefers a warmer climate and higher humidity. [ 1 ] Male mealworms release a sex pheromone to attract females to mate.

  3. Detritivore - Wikipedia

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    Earthworms are soil-dwelling detritivores. Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces). [1] There are many kinds of invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants that carry out coprophagy.

  4. Artemisia absinthium - Wikipedia

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    Artemisia rhaetica Brügger. Artemisia absinthium, otherwise known as common wormwood, is a species of Artemisia native to North Africa and temperate regions of Eurasia, [4] and widely naturalized in Canada and the northern United States. [5] It is grown as an ornamental plant and is used as an ingredient in the spirit absinthe and some other ...

  5. Entomophagy - Wikipedia

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    Robber fly feeding on wasp. Fried saturniid caterpillars being served on bread for human consumption. Entomophagy (/ ˌɛntəˈmɒfədʒi /, from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects. An alternative term is insectivory. [1][2] Terms for organisms that practice ...

  6. Osedax - Wikipedia

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    See text. Osedax is a genus of deep-sea siboglinid polychaetes, commonly called boneworms, zombie worms, or bone-eating worms. Osedax is Latin for "bone-eater". The name alludes to how the worms bore into the bones of whale carcasses to reach enclosed lipids, on which they rely for sustenance. They utilize specialized root tissues for bone-boring.

  7. Insects as food - Wikipedia

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    Digging for Honeypot ants in Australia. Insects as food or edible insects are insect species used for human consumption. [1] Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis. [2] Globally, more than 2,000 insect species are considered edible, though far fewer are discussed for industrialized mass production and regionally ...

  8. Helminthiasis - Wikipedia

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    Helminthiasis, also known as worm infection, is any macroparasitic disease of humans and other animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms, known as helminths. There are numerous species of these parasites, which are broadly classified into tapeworms, flukes, and roundworms. They often live in the gastrointestinal tract ...

  9. These tiny worms live in eyes, feed on tears and could ... - AOL

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    These tiny worms live in eyes, feed on tears and could transmit to humans. Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an ...

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