| Dauer larvae display active locomotion and a specific behavior called nictation, where they stand on their tail and wave their body in the air. |
| One or more, and in some cases all five, nematode replicate lines showed declines in virulence, reproduction, heat tolerance, host seeking ability, and nictation. |
| Snaked earth, crow-spotted through the sun-leagues, coils in their fierce emphatic eyes, cleansed by the flicker of the lids' nictation. |
