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Do parasites eat other parasites?

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That can happen. Parasites which feed on other parasites are called epiparasites or hyperparasites. Examples for that are Ichneumon flies like

Pachyneuron minutissimum. Sometimes certain developmental stages of trematodes can feed on other trematode life stages.

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