slug-parasitic nematode (Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita ) on Spanish slug (Arion lusitanicus ) - 5405973

slug-parasitic nematode
Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita Schneider, 1859

Host: Spanish slug (Arion lusitanicus Mabille)
Descriptor: Biological Control
Description: The rhabditid nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita is a bacterial feeding slug-parasitic nematode. The photo shows reproducing nematodes after killing young Iberian slug Arion lusitanicus.
Image type: Field
Image location: Akershus County, Norway

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Name: Bonsak Hammeraas
Organization: Bioforsk - Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research
Country: Norway

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