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Parasitoid wasps, belonging to the family Hymenoptera, deprive their insect and spider hosts of nutrition. These wasps represent approximately 20% of the 1 million insect species on Earth, making them ...

PEOPLE DOMESTICATED sheep and cattle, wheat and maize. Wasps domesticated viruses. And, just as domesticating other species helped human populations explode, so viral domestication assisted an ...

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: you open a bag of potato chips hoping for a snack, only to find a 6-inch-long stag beetle crawling inside the container. Now multiply that scenario 37 times.

Watch the moment a wasp chases Shaun Murphy during his Masters semi-final match against Mark Allen at Alexandra Palace. Follow Allen v Murphy on BBC Sport Available to UK users only. Murphy chased ...

How small can an organ get while remaining functional? Parasitic wasps from the Megaphragma genus are ideal organisms in which to investigate this question. Using a range of senses, including vision, ...

Some commonly recognized predatory insects include ladybugs, lacewings, parasitic wasps, and certain beetles. Ladybugs, for instance, are voracious consumers of aphids, mites, and other soft-bodied ...

To attract lacewings, consider planting flowers like dill and coriander. Parasitic wasps are a diverse group of beneficial insects that play a crucial role in controlling pest populations. Unlike ...

Cabi, Kephis and Karlo estimate papaya mealybug can cause crop losses of Sh356,000 per hectare annually. The tiny wasp attacks the enemy pest by laying eggs on the mealybug until it dies.

Parasitic infection describes the infection of a host with a particular parasite. Parasites are microorganisms that rely on other host organisms for their own survival. Many parasites do not cause ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified venom genes from the endoparasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, which uses the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as its host. The proteins encoded by ...