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 ...

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 ...

This ghastly parasite causes outbreaks and sporadic cases ... except for a nauseating interlude in its intermediate victims, slugs and snails. The cycle begins in rats, where first-stage larvae ...

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 ...

This natural fluctuation is attributed to several factors, including increased predation, disease, parasites, and competition for resources when slug populations are high. These factors contribute ...