A 99-million-year-old wasp species used a Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture prey and may represent a new insect family, ...

Prior research has shown that there are large numbers of parasitoid species ... studied the eggs and the wasps at various stages of their life cycle and found that they were related to wasps ...

Segoli’s research focuses on the intricate interplay between behavior, ecology, and evolution, with a particular emphasis on ...

In an initial 3-hour lab, students first design experiments to examine intraspecific and interspecific competition using two species of parasitoid wasps. Second, students are guided to a consensus ...

the wasp then laid its eggs inside its prey. The findings are detailed in a study published March 26 in the journal BMC Biology. An estimated 10 percent of all known insects are parasitoids ...

"The discovery was truly fascinating!," GAO continued. "It provided key insights into the prey capture strategies of early parasitoid wasps, shedding light on their diverse parasitic behaviors in ...

Research out this week details a parasitic wasp preserved in amber for nearly ... charybdis is a member of the parasitoid superfamily of insects called Chrysidoidea, albeit in an entirely new ...

The morphology of S. charybdis indicates the wasps were parasitoids—insects whose larvae live as parasites and eventually kill their hosts. Modern-day parasitoids of the superfamily Chrysidoidea ...

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