All 35 tested T. podisi females responded to volatiles, and were included in the analyses. Taken as a whole, the results of our study provide new details about the response of an egg parasitoids ...

Insect parasitoids play a central role in shaping terrestrial ecosystems through complex interactions with their hosts and with one another. These wasps or flies deposit eggs within or upon insect ...

A research group studying the diversity of parasitoid insects around the world. Parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) are one of the most species rich animal taxa on Earth, but their tropical diversity is ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize their prey. Research, ...

Using a 22-year dataset of plant-caterpillar-parasitoid interactions collected within a patch of protected Costa Rican lowland Caribbean forest, scientists report declines in caterpillar and ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.

We have published an article describing a new calamitalean species named Annularia paisii with an insect gall about 303 million years old. This new fossil species was discovered in the region of São ...

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with a red abdomen. But few people ever actually see the insect itself — just the trail of ...

The tiny, iridescent parasitoid wasp is the latest insect shown to be a cryptic complex of genetically distinct species. By Sabrina Imbler The tiny, iridescent Ormyrus labotus always seemed suspicious ...

What comes to mind when you think of beneficial insects in your yard? Observant gardeners will often name one of the voracious predators of other insects. These include generalist predators such as ...