The OE parasite, a single-celled microscopic organism, has been identified in all monarch populations to date. Its spores cluster on the outside of the adult butterflies’ bodies in numbers that ...

Explore the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and ways to help monarch butterflies. Explore the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and ways to help monarch butterflies. Deep Look is ...

A major threat to the monarch butterfly species is an increasing exposure to a parasite known as OE, which monarch butterflies can be exposed to from eating tropical milkweed. Native milkweed dies ...

That parasite, known as Ophryocystis elektroacirrha, or OE, can cause wings to malform and, thus, decrease the migration success of monarch butterflies. “The main takeaway from our paper is that a ...

Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) is a protozoan parasite that can hamper a butterfly’s growth and flight. Caterpillars can become infected by eating spores on the surface of plants, and the ...

GRATAS: This parasite, called ophryocystis elektroscirrha, or OE for short, causes deformities in the monarchs. They can get sick and die. Altizer has found that almost all winter-breeding ...

Native milkweeds die back after blooming and the protozoan parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) dies with them. Tropical Milkweed grown in warmer areas, does not die back in the winter and OE ...

(via PBS Deep Look) Monarchs are locked in a battle with Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE), a parasite that can trap a butterfly in its own chrysalis and deform its beautiful wings. Turns out there is ...