Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified venom genes from the endoparasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, which uses ...

Flies of many different families comprise the prey. The flies captured are stung to death and used for provisioning the nest, the developing wasp larva being fed progressively from day to day.

Gavin explains, 'The spider has got no chance. Even if you took the larva away, it wouldn't recover.' 'It would remain in a state of suspended animation for quite a while, until eventually its ...

The first complete 3D reconstruction of the compound eye of a minute wasp species sheds light on the nuts and bolts of size reduction.

Butterflies and caterpillars frequently host parasitoids, insects that attack and destroy their hosts, sometimes eating them alive. These are usually wasps, laying their own eggs inside an egg, ...

The female of this species can precisely locate wood wasp larvae under the bark. Once she finds them, she pierces the bark and lays her eggs in the larvae. The developing horntail wasp parasitizes ...

The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae fed on the insides of this hornworm, have now completed that feeding, and are preparing to emerge as tiny wasps.

The larvae belong to a type of wasp called parasitoids, whose young dine on the flesh of hosts their parents pick out for them. But research published Thursday (July 29) in Science suggests that not ...

Other parasitic wasp species only target fruit flies during their early larva and pupa life stages. S. perlmani use their needle-like ovipositor organ to stab into a fruit fly's abdomen and ...