![Tetragnatha Montana Spider - an example of an Ectoparasites © Miller, J. A.; Belgers, J. D. M.; Beentjes, K. K.; Zwakhals, K.; van Helsdingen, P.](https://www.discoveringgalapagos.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Ectoparasites-©-CCA.png)
A Tetragnatha Montana Spider parasatized by an Acrodactyla Quadrisculpta larvae © Miller, J. A.; Belgers, J. D. M.; Beentjes, K. K.; Zwakhals, K.; van Helsdingen, P.
Ectoparasites are parasites which live on the surface of another species and are dependent on that species for survival. In comparison, endoparasites live inside a species.
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