View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In parasitizing slugs, P. hermaphrodita kills its hosts. It waits in the soil and penetrates passing slugs, which die within days or weeks. More ...

The adult form of the parasite primarily lives inside rodents. Their larvae then pass out through the rodent's feces, at ...

Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after they eat raw fruits and vegetables contaminated by slugs carrying the small parasitic roundworms. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo A ...

A recent University of Hawaii study predicts that rat lungworm disease, which is carried by snails and slugs, will spread to higher elevations as the climate warms. -- LORRIN PANG photo ...