Its larvae then started their lives as parasites in or on the host’s body and likely ended up eating ... parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay their ...

This would allow the wasp larva to feed on and ultimately consume the captured host. It's a playbook adapted by many parasitic wasps, including modern-day cuckoo and bethylid wasps, to exploit ...

Its larvae then started their lives as parasites in or on the host’s body and likely ended up eating ... parasitoid wasp species. For example, a group of wasps known as cuckoo wasps lay ...