Fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda ... One fertile S. frugiperda female can lay 1,000 to 2,000 eggs in her lifetime. And ...

Similar, although not identical, behavior has been observed among living parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nest of another wasp species ...

A less generous interpretation is that Trump and Musk are Putin’s parasitoids, larvae planted inside the host to destroy it from within, not unlike the worm that seems to have eaten out RFK Jr.’s ...

Based on the wasps' body design, the team believes that the species was a "koinobiont"—a type of parasitoid whose young ... to serve as a host for its larvae. "We imagine it would have waited ...

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“African armyworm control becomes increasingly difficult (if not impossible) as the larvae grow older and become bigger.” However, it was difficult for the layperson to distinguish between African ...

explaining that the patient had developed the condition after eating undercooked pork infected with tapeworm larvae. In the final stage of the disease, the cysts degenerate and die, leaving a ...

Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from ...

This important manuscript investigates the role of olfactory cues in Pieris brassicae larvae, focusing on their interactions with the host plant Brassica oleracea and the parasitoid wasp Cotesia ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in combating the threat fall armyworm poses to Asian rice security.