Pestilence in Nature
This list includes organisms that are affected from any kind of affliction, such as parasitism or disease- including fungal infections, parasitism, galls, blight, cankers, leaf spot, mealybugs, aphids, mange, tick infestation, chytridiomycosis, mite infestation, white-nose syndrome, caterpillar infestation damage, parasitic plants, etc.
Christine Young created this list 7 years ago
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Pork Worm (Female) - Trichinella spiralis -
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) - Rickettsia rickettsii -
Violet Rust - Puccinia violae -
Coneflower Rosette Mite (Family Eriophyidae) on Echinacea sp. -
Eastern Newt (Adult) with Leech - Notophthalmus viridescens -
Bolete Eater - Hypomyces chrysospermus -
Crown gall disease on roots of Hop -
Septoria oenotherae -
Dog Tapeworm - Echinococcus granulosus -
Bed Bug - Cimex lectularius -
Human Flea (Female) - Pulex irritans -
Plague Flea - Xenopsylla cheopis -
Follicle Mite - Demodex folliculorum -
Itch Mite - Sarcoptes scabei -
Hypomyces hyalinus -
Spring Beauty Rust - Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae -
Violet Rust (Puccinia violae) -
Human Body Louse - Pediculus humanus humanus -
Dog Heartworm - Dirofilaria immitis -
Moldy Birch Polypore - Fomitopsis betulina -
Exobasidium vaccinii -
Leishmania donovani Kinetoplastids -
Borrelia burgdorferi Spirochetes -
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Smear