●LIPOPTENA CERVI — GENE EXPRESSION MONITORBlood-feeding ectoparasite · Order Diptera
VISION GENES — click to silence
FEEDING GENES — dormant
WINGS: ATTACHEDVISION: 100%FEEDING: 0%
ADAPTATION COMPLETE
You have shed your wings. You have silenced your eyes.
You are now permanently attached to your host.
You will never fly again. You will never see again.
But you will feed. Forever.
— Lipoptena cervi does this voluntarily, every generation.