The Kobe University botanist Suetsugu Kenji specializes in understanding the interactions between these parasitic plants ... that crickets or other tiny arthropods take over this role.

In contrast, macroparasites (mostly parasitic worms called helminths and parasitic arthropods such as lice) are larger, longer-lived, and rarely complete their life cycle within a single host.

Her research examines how complex communities of mammals, parasitic arthropods, and microbial associates change through time and space. Kelly completed her Ph.D. in comparative biology at the ...