Preying mantises are vulnerable to horsehair worm parasites, which depend on other animals for their lifecycle needs.

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A light rain was falling May 9 as I was washing dishes, watching the fragrant flowers of the lilac shrub bounce in the breeze outside our kitchen window. Something atop the pale bubblegum-pink blooms ...

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This undated image provided by Bugwood.org shows a hammerhead worm on a leaf in India. The narrow, snakelike flatworm has a head built like that of a hammerhead shark. Arun T.P. / AP After heavy ...