In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death...

Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids...

potential pests. Biological control agents such as these include predators, parasitoids, pathogens, and competitors. Biological control agents of plant diseases...

The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera...

species are parasitoids; the females deposit eggs on or in a host arthropod on which the larvae then feed. Some larvae start off as parasitoids, but convert...

whose host, often an insect, is also a parasite, often specifically a parasitoid. Hyperparasites are found mainly among the wasp-waisted Apocrita within...

trophically-transmitted parasitism (by being eaten), vector-transmitted parasitism, parasitoidism, and micropredation. One major axis of classification concerns invasiveness:...

The Mid-Mesozoic Parasitoid Revolution (MMPR) was an evolutionary radiation of insect parasites and parasitoids from the Toarcian to the Albian. The MMPR...

wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse...

behaviour manipulation as an evolutionary route toward attenuation of parasitoid virulence". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27 (12): 2871–2875. doi:10...

Aprostocetus hagenowii is a species of parasitoid wasp. It is a parasitoid of cockroach oothecae. "Aprostocetus hagenowii". Global Biodiversity Information...

Parasitoid wasp Xenomorphia resurrecta inside a fossilized fly puparium, as revealed by X-ray microtomography...

Evaniidae is a family of parasitoid wasps also known as ensign wasps, nightshade wasps, hatchet wasps, or cockroach egg parasitoid wasps. They number around...

and Ichnoviriform. Polydnaviruses form a symbiotic relationship with parasitoid wasps. Ichnoviriforms (IV) occur in Ichneumonid wasps and Bracoviriforms...

The evolution of a constricted waist was an important adaption for the parasitoid lifestyle of the ancestral apocritan, allowing more maneuverability of...

Cotesia ginginensis is a species of parasitoid wasp from Australia. It was discovered in 2022 by a group of students in Queensland, and described in Canada...

to control Lymantria moths. In North America, it has become an active parasitoid of the invasive spotted lanternfly. Liu, Houping; Mottern, Jason (January...

velvet ant, eastern velvet ant, cow ant or cow killer) is a species of parasitoid wasp that ranges from Connecticut to Kansas in the north and Florida to...

horse-chestnut. Over 60 generalist parasitoids have been recorded. However, for biological control a highly specialist parasitoid still needs to be found. A number...

predatory insects feed on nectar. For example, a number of predacious or parasitoid wasps (e.g., the social wasp species Apoica flavissima) rely on nectar...

Cotesia glomerata, the white butterfly parasite, is a small parasitoid wasp belonging to family Braconidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758...

Diplazon laetatorius is a hover fly parasitoid wasp in the Diplazontinae subfamily of the Ichneumonid wasp family (Ichneumonidae). It was first described...

known as horsehair worms, hairsnakes, or Gordian worms) are a phylum of parasitoid animals superficially similar to nematode worms in morphology, hence the...

flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The...

long-tailed giant ichneumon wasp, is a species of large ichneumon wasp. It is a parasitoid, notable for its extremely long ovipositor which it uses to deposit an...

nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects. The Bombyliidae are a large family of flies comprising...

Vulgichneumon saturatorius is a species of parasitoid wasp in the ichneumonid family. This is one of many quite similar species. The adult is mainly black...

Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic...

Leucospis gigas is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Leucospidae. It is a parasitoid of Megachile desertorum and found throughout Eurasia. "Leucospis...

Ichneumon is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. This genus includes about 270 species: Ichneumon eumerus Wesmael, 1857 Ichneumon...