What are parasitoid wasps? Learn about these wasps that have a gruesome but fascinating way of surviving.

I use aphids and their hymenopteran parasitoids as model systems to quantify parasitoid attributes and control potential. Current research is mainly concerned with two areas: host choice and ...

Field and laboratory experiments were conducted to determine resistance of cotton Gossypium hirsutum L. cultivars differing in leaf morphology (shape and pubescence) to the B biotype of sweetpotato ...

Hamiltonella defensa, the endosymbiont focused on in this study, for instance, wards off parasitoids in pea aphids. But these bacteria are also of interest to researchers because they are heritable — ...

Several native or previously-introduced parasitoids of exotic pest species have become scarce or apparently have disappeared completely following the introduction of additional natural enemies. It is ...

The extensive death of ash trees in Western New York is creating a decline in emerald ash borer populations for the time being, and the release of wasps that prey on the invasive insect may limit the ...

Monarch butterfly parasitoids brough to light by citizen science 'Unprecedented view' of parasitoid presence in monarch larval ecology Date: July 10, 2017 Source: Entomological Society of America ...

Many parasitoids were identifiable to chalcidoid taxa present in other Holarctic oak cynipid communities, with the addition of Cynipencyrtus (Cynipencyrtidae). As elsewhere, Sichuan parasitoid ...

The 'unsung heroes': Life-sustaining roles of pollinators and parasitoids “By studying them, we’re not just learning about their world; we’re finding ways to make our own world more ...

The parasitoids feast on the black headed lead eating caterpillar. Similar outbreaks were recorded in Padubidri in Udupi district in 2004-05 and in Arsikere in Hassan district in 2014.