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Cercariae

People who bathe in fresh water, inhabited by water snails can get intense itching, blisters, red bumps and such from cercariae. These are tadpole-like small animals – a kind of flukes or flatworms – which are less than 1 mm in length. Part of their life cycle takes place in certain freshwater snails. This stage, […]

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