Host (biology)
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In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest. The guest is typically provided with nourishment and
The black rat is a reservoir host for bubonic plague. The rat fleas that infest the rats are vectors for the disease.
Buff ermine moth caterpillar, a polyphagous micropredator
Mycorrhiza, a mutualistic interaction between a plant's roots and a fungus
Cleaning symbiosis: a Hawaiian cleaner wrasse with its client, a yellowtail wrasse
Mosquito
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Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. Mosquitoes have a slender, segmented body, one pair of w
Adult yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti, typical of subfamily Culicinae. Male (left) has bushy antennae and longer palps than female (right)
Anopheles eggs with side floats
Electron micrograph of a culicine egg