In the dark and moist understories of the subtropical forests of Shimoshima Island in Japan grow parasitic plants that ... wind in the understories of (sub)tropical forests. Some plant species ...

the River Nile acted as a conduit for tropical water-born parasites that would not normally be found in arid regions. Insect ...

laying its eggs inside the larvae of other chalcids that are already developing inside a host insect - like a parasitic Russian nesting doll. Pteromalus puparum is a gregarious parasitoid, laying many ...

In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take up a human ... defense of black poplars against herbivorous insects. The fungus, which lives inside the leaves ...

Social parasites like P. breviceps are social insects that parasitize colonies ... 2009), and common in temperate ants but rare in tropical ants (Hölldobler & Wilson 1990). Why is there such ...

Based on a photograph, the Delaware Department of Agriculture identified the insect as Triatoma sanguisuga, a type of "kissing bug" that can transmit a parasitic illness called Chagas disease.

That hornworm has been attacked by a parasitic wasp – he’s a goner, so no control is needed. (See banner photo above). Part of IPM may include prevention or exclusion. This tactic is important for ...