Here’s the slides from my 5 minute thesis presentation for Wild Dunedin “Are You Really In Control? Worms, Wētā, and Mind Control” the video is too long for here but is up on my instagram boydstonberry.pie

Worm or wētā intestines?
Time will tell!

#parasitology #entomology

It’s that time of year folks! Time to vote for the New Zealand bug of the year. I’m voting for the giraffe weevil, who will you vote for?

bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
#entomology #newzealand #bugoftheyear #giraffeweevil

Happy Chanukkah! This year one of my twins 5th grade students drew my dissection for me. A wētā with two juvenile hairworms inside!
#parasitology #hairworm

I’d say there’s more worm than wētā in this case
#parasitology #worm

Can you spot the cave wētā in the Birds Eye view?
Cave wētā are known to be infected by the behavior manipulating horsehair worm. Keeping the wētā in a temperature and light controlled environment allows for behavior observations.
#parasitology #stem #womeninstem #wētā #zoology #entomology