We humans have our fair share of parasites, some annoying, some dangerous. Common parasitic predators include bed bugs, lice, roundworms, tapeworms and ticks. Some of these and others can cause ...

The solitary parasitoid wasp lays her egg in the body of a caterpillar or similar host. After it hatches, the developing larva dines on the caterpillar’s insides until eventually tearing its way ...

A research group studying the diversity of parasitoid insects around the world. Parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) are one of the most species rich animal taxa on Earth, but their tropical diversity is ...

Parasitoid wasps sometimes lay eggs in unsuitable host insects, a behavior that has traditionally been considered accidental. However, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have discovered that ...

The interactions between spider hosts and parasitoid wasps constitute a remarkable example of co‐evolution, where intricate behavioural and physiological modifications underpin the survival strategies ...

A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies, Nature ...

Those who observe nature for a living are bound to happen upon captivating discoveries. For a team of North American researchers, that apparently meant identifying 21 distinct parasitoid wasp species ...

Deep in the jungle of Uganda’s Kibale National Park, scientists have been collecting hundreds of parasitoid wasps – critters that lay their eggs in the bodies of unsuspecting insects, before the ...

Parasitoid wasps manipulate their caterpillar hosts into eating a more wasp-friendly diet, report investigators. It turns out that when caterpillars eat more carbs, the wasp larvae that chew their way ...

The tiny, iridescent parasitoid wasp is the latest insect shown to be a cryptic complex of genetically distinct species. By Sabrina Imbler The tiny, iridescent Ormyrus labotus always seemed suspicious ...