Iron nematodes are parasites, so they have no natural enemies, so the natural enemies of iron nematodes are not chickens.

Adult iron nematodes inhabit rivers, ponds and ditches, and the eggs laid by females hatch in water, which are eaten by insects or humans and live parasitically. When iron nematodes are swallowed by large arthropods such as locusts and mantises, the larvae continue to develop in these arthropods and gradually control the behavior of the host. When the larva grows into an adult, it will control the host to find water to drown the host and then leave the host.

Introduction of iron nematodes

Iron nematodes, also known as hairlike snakes, capillary nematodes or Goldie Ustilapia, are called copper snakes or Tencel.

Iron nematodes belong to the phylum Linear Animals, which is the general name of worms of the class Iron Nematoda. There are 250-300 species of insects related to medicine, including Nematoda, Goldie, Gordicae, Gordicae, Paragordicae and Parachordae.

The iron worm is slender and horsehair-like, and its length can reach 1 m. Adults can live freely in seawater or fresh water, and larvae are parasitic in arthropods. Domestic distribution in northern and southern provinces, abroad widely distributed around the world. It can infect human body through water source and cause filariasis. In scientific research, it is often used as experimental materials in zoology.