Parasitic wasp turns caterpillars into head-banging bodyguards. By Ed Yong. June 3, 2008 ... Against its will, it is recruited to defend the developing young of a parasitic wasp, ...

This is a story about viruses that became domesticated by parasitic wasps, which use them as biological weapons for corrupting the bodies of caterpillars, which in turn can steal the viral genes ...

Pensoft Publishers. (2020, November 4). Death from below: Parasitic wasp attacking caterpillar underwater. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 11 ...

Genetic Slaves. When parasitic wasps lay their eggs inside caterpillars, they inject a giant virus called bracovirus. Bracovirus will integrate its DNA into the caterpillar’s genome, helping to ...

Dutch-Flemish research project involving provinces such as Noord-Brabant and Gelderland has concluded that natural measures ...

This parasitic wasp was recently discovered, in real life, in Japan and aptly named Microgaster godzilla, after the famous fictional monster.It is the first aquatic wasp to be caught on film while ...

When the wasp larvae hatch, they eat their way out of their host. A caterpillar’s body is the birthplace for a new generation of wasps, but it’s usually a dead end for bracoviruses.

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If the caterpillar is carrying what looks like grains of white rice on its back, it is probably almost or already dead. It ...

These are usually wasps, laying their own eggs inside an egg, caterpillar or pupa. Parasitoids start their lives as parasites, in or on the body of a host, but they end up as predators, eating the ...

Bodyguards have a tough and risky job but they usually get paid for their trouble. But not the caterpillar of the geometer moth. Against its will, it is recruited to defend the developing young of a ...