Science news articles about 'insect parasitoid'

... on leaves of the native guava tree and on an exotic eucalyptus. Small caterpillars are attacked by an insect parasitoid wasp, which then quickly inserts up to 80 eggs into it. Inside the caterpillar ...

... beneficial to the parasite in the field. They studied a moth, the caterpillars of which can be parasitized by an insect parasitoid wasp. Once infected, subversion of the caterpillar normal behavior ...