The influence of size-selective oviposition behaviour by parasitoids on the evolution of life-history timing in their hosts was examined using an optimization model of a two-stage life history similar ...

In proovigenic parasitoids such as Leptopilina boulardi, the female emerges with a limited egg load and no further eggs are produced during its adult life. A female thus runs the risk of exhausting ...

Scientists discovered an ancient wasp species, Sirenobethylus charybdis, preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar. The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been used ...

A research group from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku studies the diversity of parasitoid insects around the world. Parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) are one of the most species rich ...

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 ...

Article: Mills, N.J., Getz, W.M. "Modelling the biological control of insect pests: a review of host-parasitoid models." Ecological Modelling, 92:121-143, 1996. Unless specified, all information comes ...

Using insects such as wasps to control agricultural pests remains a resilient method, despite increasing resistance, a new ...