We humans have our fair share of parasites, some annoying, some dangerous. Common parasitic predators include bed bugs, lice, roundworms, tapeworms and ticks. Some of these and others can cause ...
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Parasitoid wasps have evolved a sophisticated interplay with viruses that has profoundly influenced both their genomes and their ecological success. This relationship is exemplified by the integration ...
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 96, No. 2 (June, 2013), pp. 451-457 (7 pages) Biological control using an ectoparasitic idiobiont (e.g., Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae Rondani) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) ...
Host location and selection in the field / Jérôme Casas -- Effects of parasitoid clutch size on host-parasitoid population dynamics / George E. Heimpel -- Host-parasitoid models: the story of a ...
Data and methodology -- Parasitoid species richness -- Host mortality -- Parasitoid impact -- Independent variables -- Dependent variables -- Statistical analysis ...
Parasitoid larvae that feed within caterpillars that eat cabbage plants influence the plant via the caterpillar, making the cabbage plant an unattractive prospect for moths looking for a spot to lay ...
A research team offer evidence that behavioral changes of a host are beneficial to the parasite in the field. They studied a moth, the caterpillars of which can be parasitized by an insect parasitoid ...