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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 ...

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 ...

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...

IT is a low-key intuition, not spiteful or malicious, but pervasive: in the minds of most Americans the incoming Nixon Administration seems to represent the comeback of the Wasp: the white Anglo ...

Parasitic Myrmecophilus tetramorii living in ant colonies use distancing and dodging to stay alive. CREDIT: Tanaka et al. Communications Biology (2024) Parasitic Myrmecophilus tetramorii living in ...

More information: Ryoya Tanaka et al, Switching escape strategies in the parasitic ant cricket Myrmecophilus tetramorii, Communications Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-07368-y Journal ...

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Submitted Photo Cocoons of parasitic wasps are attached to this hornworm. Photo courtesy of David Hill. Parents of teenagers often say, “My kids are eating me out of house and home. I can’t ...