Parasitoid wasp that lays its eggs inside of adult fruit fly discovered
More information: Logan D. Moore et al, Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies, Nature ...
BBC11 个月
Why this wasp has been named after Lucius Malfoy from Harry Potter
"There are more species of parasitoid wasps than fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals combined. "They are used in New Zealand and around the world to control pests that would otherwise ...
Yahoo23 天
In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies – an ...
One reliable method of control has been to release tiny insects called parasitoid wasps into the wild that can hunt down immature fruit flies and target them for annihilation. The term parasitoid ...
Yahoo1 个月
Tiny Wasps Are Saving Rare Island Birds from Extinction: ‘A Much-Needed Lifeline’
Conservationists credit a species of parasitoid wasp for keeping Wilkins’ Bunting birds alive Peter Ryan/RSPB A Wilkins’ Bunting bird The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the ...