In this investigation, we will examine the effects of competition for resources on reproductive output within and between two species of parasitoid wasps. Ecological communities are composed of ...

Wiliwili is pictured flowering in Kanaio FOREST AND KIM STARR photo Unlike the gladiators, the parasitoid wasp uses only one host to complete its development and is able to live on smaller galls.

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, ...

Researchers have just learned how parasitoid wasps rapidly develop new venoms via an often overlooked evolutionary mode of acquiring new genes. Parasitoid wasps use venom to alter the metabolism, ...

The authors' demonstration that impaired olfactory perception reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to parasitism is solid. These findings highlight the ecological significance ...

As the invasive pest continues to do damage to vast swaths of local farmers coffee farms, agricultural officials are proposing the use of a parasitoid wasp to control the beetle. — Photo ...

Parasitoid wasps lay their eggs in other insects. When the larvae hatch, the juvenile wasps consume the insect for food. One class of such wasps, braconid wasps, insert bracoviruses along with their ...