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Parasitoid wasp

Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts. Different species specialise in hosts from different insect orders, most often…

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Parasitoidism

Host defences

Evolution and taxonomy

Interactions with humans

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Parasitoid wasp

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related to Evolution · 19
Parasitoid wasp → Aculeata, All, Apocrita, Based, Chalcidoidea, Cynipidae, Cynipoidea, However, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Jurassic, Not, Parasitica, Permian, Species, The, The Aculeata, The Hymenoptera, Vespidae
related to Hosts · 13
Parasitoid wasp → Adult, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, If, Lepidoptera, Many, More, Pompilidae, Some, Still, Torymus
related to In culture · 12
Parasitoid wasp → American, Asa Gray, Caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Donald Prothero, God, Ichneumonidae, In, Parasitoid, The, Victorian
related to Biological pest control · 11
Parasitoid wasp → Encarsia, Europe, In, It, New Zealand, One, Parasitoid, Russia, Since, They, Use
related to Life cycle · 10
Parasitoid wasp → As, Depending, Endoparasitoid, Females, In, On, Parasitoid, Polydnavirus-wasp, The, This
related to Host defences · 8
Parasitoid wasp → Ants, Hosts, Many, Parasitoid, Some, The, They, Wriggling
related to Parasitoidism · 5
Parasitoid wasp → Idiobionts, Most, Parasitoid, Parasitoids, They
related to Taxonomy · 5
Parasitoid wasp → Hymenopteran, Listed, Symphyta, The, Vespidae
related to Mutualism with polydnavirus · 2
Parasitoid wasp → Polydnaviruses, The

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wasps parasitoid host hosts species wasp parasitoids eggs many larvae egg groups control insects apocrita may host's hymenoptera parasitoidism body

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the Vespidae are not includedinstance ofand non-parasitic wasps0.80text
and there are many members of mainly parasitoidal families which are not themselves parasiticinstance ofand non-parasitic wasps0.80text
tachinid fliesinstance ofalongside other parasitoids0.80text
tomatoinstance ofparticularly on crops0.80text
a difficult plant for predators to establish on.Commerciallyinstance ofparticularly on crops0.80text
there are two types of rearing systemsinstance ofparticularly on crops0.80text
Parasitoid wasprelated to Biological pest controlParasitoid0.60section
Parasitoid wasprelated to Biological pest controlThey0.60section
Parasitoid wasprelated to Biological pest controlOne0.60section
Parasitoid wasprelated to Biological pest controlEncarsia0.60section
Parasitoid wasprelated to Biological pest controlIt0.60section
Parasitoid wasprelated to Biological pest controlUse0.60section

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