Parasitoid wasps, belonging to the family Hymenoptera, deprive their insect and spider hosts of nutrition. These wasps ...

The larvae belong to a type of wasp called parasitoids, whose young dine on the flesh of hosts their parents pick out for them. But research published Thursday (July 29) in Science suggests that not ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 92, No. 4 (Dec., 2009), pp. 598-600 (3 pages) The parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea uses the calling song of its host Gryllus spp. to locate an area inhabited by potential ...

Additionally, the parasitoid Anisopteromalus calandrae was evaluated for its ability to utilize cold-stored larvae of the tobacco beetle Lasioderma serricorne. The study found that storing the ...

The parasitoid wasp Aphidius ervi, for example, lays its eggs inside unsuspecting aphids. When those eggs hatch, the wasp larvae consume the aphid from the inside out – aphid pest problem solved. This ...

By studying them, we’re not just learning about their world; we’re finding ways to make our own world more sustainable," Prof ...

Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs ...

As far as we know, parasitoid wasps and flies don't attack adult butterflies - they don't generally live very long, so they're not a good food source. 'But every other stage - egg, caterpillar and ...

The Nebraska Extension held a Crop Production Clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the UNL Panhandle Research Extension and ...

Release of both agents are carried out simultaneously, targeting with parasitoids the fruit fly larvae infesting fruit and the wild adults with sterilized released adults to prevent the wild ...

The Florida Entomologist Vol. 84, No. 1, Mar., 2001 Suitability of Nine Mealybug Species (Ho... Suitability of Nine Mealybug Species (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) as Hosts for the Parasitoid Anagyrus ...