PARASITES: WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVIN'

 

Joe Conlon

 

American Mosquito Control Association

conlonamcata@gmail.com

 

ABSTRACT

This presentation will explore the fascinating strategies that ecto- and endoparasites utilize to meet the challenges of acquiring a host and propagating the their species. In many cases this entails profoundly changing the host's behaviors to accommodate the parasite through chemical means.