Healthy white masked chafer grubs, <i>Cyclocephala longula,</i> (top left) turn black when infected by the entomopathogenic nematode, <i>Heterorhabditis bacteriophora,</i> (top right). Nematodes can be seen when infected grubs are split open (bottom center).
Healthy white masked chafer grubs, Cyclocephala longula, (top left) turn black when infected by the entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, (top right). Nematodes can be seen when infected grubs are split open (bottom center).
Credit: David R. Haviland