Parasitoid wasps can exploit unsuitable hosts by laying eggs in them when another wasp species has already suppressed the host's immune system, enabling successful development of their offspring.

Instead, they theorized that the wasp injected eggs into the trapped body before releasing it, using the creature as an unwitting host for its eggs. Its larvae then started their lives as ...

Dubbed the Baladi warru to honor the “Traditional Owners” of the lands, the sawfly is actually a type of wasp. However, flies and wasps belong to the same order of insects, Hymenoptera.

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers ...

Gilpinia hercyniae, better known as the spruce sawfly, are plant-eating relatives of wasps, with a reputation for decimating spruce tree plantations ... hercyniae as females usually reproduce ...

The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been used to hold prey still while laying eggs. The analysis sheds light on parasitic wasp evolution, showing advanced prey capture ...