# Parasites - [[2024-0725. Parasites are 'invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism ... and benefit at the expense of the other.']] - [[2024-0528. 'A parasite is an organism that lives at the expense of another organism - the host.']] Some parasites are [[Parasitoids|parasitoids]]. --- # References - ‘[[Australian Museum. ‘Predators, parasites and parasitoids’, 2022.|Predators, parasites and parasitoids]]’. *Australian Museum*. Updated 6 April 2022. [https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/predators-parasites-and-parasitoids/](https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/predators-parasites-and-parasitoids/). - *NAL Agricultural Thesaurus*, s.v. ‘parasites’, U.S. Department of Agriculture, last modified 9 March 2018. https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9356