The bright yellow wasp lays a single egg inside its prey, which then feast on the host from the inside out. Scientists identified the new genus while working in Peru.

Typically when a parasitoid wasp lays eggs in fruit fly larvae or pupae, the eggs hatch and young wasps develop in their host as they mature. They eat their host from the inside, ultimately ...

Female S. perlmani use their ovipositors to deposit their eggs in the fruit fly’s abdomen, and 18 days later a larva will burst out of the side of the fly, leaving its host to die.

Female S. perlmani use their ovipositors to deposit their eggs in the fruit fly’s abdomen, and 18 days later a larva will burst out of the side of the fly, leaving its host to die.

After drilling a small hole though the tough outer layer, they inject venom and lay 20-40 small eggs. The venom stops development in the host flies, making them a better food source for the larval ...

After reaching the end of its in-host development period, the immature wasp emerges from the abdomen of the fly. Newsweek. A New Species Of Wasp Discovered In Mississippi Lays Its Eggs In Live ...

The beast is ten times bigger than the common wasp and lays its eggs inside the unsuspecting larvae of other insects. Once the young creatures emerge, they burrow out of the host in a grisly ...

According to research published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research, three new species of Microgastrinae wasps have been named, one of which has been given the name Dolichogenidea xenomorph ...

The parasitic wasp Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga, for example, lays its eggs in the spider Plesiometa argyra. The larvae then eat their way out of their host. Nor is mind control very extraordinary ...

Have you ever seen a wasp and thought, “Gee, I wonder how we can make these non-pollinating, human-hating demon insects even worse?” If so, you’re in luck. A group of scientists from the ...

New technique to boost egg production for genetic research on the invasive Sirex Woodwasp, offers potential pest management strategy ...