Question: Can insects get worms??

Jamie Gallagher answered on 16 Jun 2011:

Hi Miamim,

Well they can get parasites just like us. A couple of particularly grusome examples are a wasp that injects a catipillar with its eggs. As the eggs grow they turn to maggots and eat the catipillar alive from the inside out.

Another horror is a worm that infects birds. The eggs are laid in the birds droppings, snails eat the droppings and the eggs get inside the snail. Then the maggot hatches and makes its way into the snails eye where it pulses and changes colour. It also makes the snail want to climb up high.
When the snail gets to the top of a bush a bird will see its pulsing colourful eye and eat the snail and a disgusting little cycle is complete!