Tag: parasite
Pool, playa and PARASITES: Spain’s sweltering weather brings dangers of disease-spreading ticks
SPAIN’S scorching summer has found the country inviting in an unwelcome guest: ticks, which can latch onto both wild and domesticated animals.
But these arachnids...
Spain’s fruit and veg facing biggest threat since Brexit thanks to host of pests and parasites
Here we look across Spain for the fruit and veg most under threat from pests
WATCH: Dad in Spain pulls live parasite from daughter’s ‘cooked’ Mercadona fish forcing supermarket to defend seafood
If the parasite is ingested by humans it can cause vomiting, nausea and violent abdominal pain
BEAST FROM THE EAST: Andalucia’s Christmas chestnut crops DESTROYED by wasp from China
SWEET chestnut harvests in Andalucia have been decimated by insects from the Far East this Christmas.
The chestnut gall wasp from China is thought to...