A Syntretus perlmani wasp larva bursts from a fruit fly’s abdomen. “All known parasitoid wasps of flies attack and develop inside immature life stages,” study co-author and Mississippi State ...

A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies, Nature ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A particularly gruesome example of insect zombification occurs when parasitic wasps lay their ...

Scientists have identified two previously unknown species of parasitic wasps spreading across the US, from New York to the Pacific coast. Originally from Europe, these tiny predators lay their eggs ...

This video exposes the shocking parasitic process behind the jewel wasp’s alien-like reproduction. Scientists show how the wasp turns a living cockroach into a helpless host for its developing larvae.

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups the competition. But sometimes, as in the corporate ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to researchers. Specimens of Sirenobethylus charybdis, or S. charybdis, named after the ...

How do you find an insect the size of your fingertip in a densely packed forest? For Jian Duan, the answer is simple: follow the dead ash trees. On a rainy day in eastern Connecticut, Duan, a federal ...

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