Anaya, ChristinaBolek, Matthew G.Lagarde, BaileyDixon, KierraHenneha, BeauHHMI Life Science Freshman Research Scholars2019-07-222019-07-222019-04-27Lagarde, B., Dixon, K., Henneha, B., Anaya, C., & Bolek, M. G. (2019, April 27). The feeding behavior of Acheta domesticus infected with Paragordius varius. Paper presented at the HHMI Life Science Freshman Research Scholars Symposium, Stillwater, OK.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14446/321023There has not been a lot of research on the phylum nematomorpha, hairworms. There is a large gap in the knowledge of hairworms in their host-parasite relationship, especially on their dietary habits. Our study observed the food consumption of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) by hairworms (Paragordius varius). We recorded the mass of the amount of food consumed by the crickets every five days. Our study did not identify a difference between crickets exposed to hairworms and those not exposed but this may be due to unexpected deaths of the crickets and a small sample size of infected crickets further research needs to be conducted to determine if the food consumption of crickets infected with hairworms differs from uninfected crickets.application/pdfIn the Oklahoma State University Library's institutional repository this paper is made available through the open access principles and the terms of agreement/consent between the author(s) and the publisher. The permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of the article falls under fair use for educational, scholarship, and research purposes. Contact Digital Resources and Discovery Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for further information.Research reportparagordius variusacheta domesticusfeeding behaviorhairworm