The predictions of the model are then compared to the outcome of interspecific competition treatments. Order the living wasp cultures and fly pupae to arrive at most one week before class. Wasps are ...

Delve into the dark world of parasitic wasps and discover their grisly takeovers of living caterpillars. Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game, and it's easy for caterpillars to fall victim to some ...

When the team looked in the traps, they found two species of parasitic wasps: T. drosophilae, which parasitises fruit fly pupae (the stage just before they become an adult), and Asobara japonica ...

When the wasp stings a developing fly pupa, the bacterium travels with the venom. The wasp then lays its egg on the pupa, and the hatching larva consumes the pupa, along with the bacteria.

The species, named Syntretus perlmani, is unique in its ability to infect adult fruit flies, unlike most related wasps that typically target the larvae and pupae of flies. Led by Logan Moore ...