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Malaria parasite makes mosquitoes more likely to suck your blood

1 November 2017

The malaria parasite appears to alter mosquitoes’ feeding behaviour to steer the vector towards a human host

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

1 November 2017

A newly-discovered species of mite sets up home on a spider’s web and nibbles away at any insects the spider catches – and the spider doesn’t seem to mind

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Malaria parasite makes mosquitoes more likely to suck your blood

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

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