The wasp larva consumes the host's body, eventually eclosing from the host fly's pupal case. Tsukuba, Japan—Parasitoid wasps, belonging to the family Hymenoptera, deprive their insect and spider ...

To combat this invasive species, biological control methods have been employed, particularly the introduction of the parasitoid wasp Torymus sinensis. This approach has shown promise, but recent ...

Butterflies and caterpillars frequently host parasitoids, insects that attack and destroy their hosts, sometimes eating them alive. These are usually wasps, laying their own eggs inside an egg, ...

The insect, as identified by Mohali-based prof Gurpartap Singh, is attributable to the Ichneumonidae family of parasitoid ... bees and other wasps. Females of certain ichneumon species feed ...

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 ...