Cocooned wasp larvae jump to shaded areas to improve their survival
Monday, December 21, 2015 - 12:34
in Biology & Nature
Jumping is not about fun and games for insect larvae. They must do it to survive. This manoeuvre is all about finding a shady spot to develop in, according to researchers from Kyushu University in Japan, who led research into the jumping behavior of a minute parasitic wasp, published in Springer's journal The Science of Nature.