As the vertebrate monsters have waxed and waned, the insects have gone on mating and hatching ... vision. Eggs must also somehow escape having the eggs of another type of insect, parasitoids ...
A small team of biologists at Mississippi State University and the University of Wyoming has found a species of parasitoid ...
To assist their offspring in this endeavour, mother Cynipoidea wasps also squirt into the flies a mix of venom, viruses and ...
Similarly, the egg parasitoid Telenomus podisi was studied to optimize its mass production for controlling the brown stink bug, Euschistus heros. The research indicated that using artificial diets ...
These are usually wasps, laying their own eggs inside an egg, caterpillar or pupa. Parasitoids start their lives as parasites ... a female wasp will lay its own inside them just before the tiny ...
Parasitic (parasitoid) wasps will lay their eggs inside of other insects as incubators. For the parents who choose to stick ...
They come in a variety of glossy and metallic colours. Less beautiful, however, is how they provide for their offspring. These parasitoid wasps lay their eggs inside other insects. When the eggs hatch ...