A research team offer evidence that behavioral changes of a host are beneficial to the parasite in the field. They studied a moth, the caterpillars of which can be parasitized by an insect parasitoid ...

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 ...

Parasitoid larvae that feed within caterpillars that eat cabbage plants influence the plant via the caterpillar, making the cabbage plant an unattractive prospect for moths looking for a spot to lay ...

Parasitoid wasps, which have larvae that grow in or on other organisms and eventually kill their hosts, are widely recognized for their vast biodiversity and fascinating ecology. Syntretus perlmani, ...

A research group from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku studies the diversity of parasitoid insects around the world. Parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) are one of the most species rich ...

Data and methodology -- Parasitoid species richness -- Host mortality -- Parasitoid impact -- Independent variables -- Dependent variables -- Statistical analysis ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 96, No. 2 (June, 2013), pp. 451-457 (7 pages) Biological control using an ectoparasitic idiobiont (e.g., Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae Rondani) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) ...

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