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Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)
A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid
#Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl
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was für ein beeindruckendes und elegantes tier 😍
eine schlupfwespe der
Gattung Dusona
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusona
das ist eine gattung mit 442 arten! dem entsprechend ist es schwer zu sagen um welche art genau es sich handelt, möglicherweise D. falcator, unsere freundin hier hatte nämlich eine beachtliche größe, dürften schon ~20mm gewesen sein#insekten #insects #parasitoid #wasp #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #entomology
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I just finished making a new tiny diffuser and headed outside. This amazing girl was sitting on a mango and posing nicely. Despite having my cheapest most underpowered flash on my camera, I'm still pretty happy about the result. This tiny wasp was probably looking for fruit fly larvae.
More photos here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/353566360
#Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction
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A super tiny parasitoid wasp investigating some possible host scale insects.
#nature #Photography #Wasp #Insects #Parasitoid #Chalcid #SriLanka #InsectInteraction
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New publication: #Lipids as currency in #parasitoid competition: #Interactions between two #lipidscavenging species.
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My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
©#StefanFWirth 2026Reference
Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/morphological-variations-in-external-genitalia-do-not-explain-the-interspecific-reproductive-isolation-in-nasonia-species-complex-hymenoptera-pteromalidae/Pics
1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration -
Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, str...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid
#Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl
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Shown is a #fly of the #genus #Sarcophaga, not being determined on a #specieslevel. It belongs to the #cryptic S. carnaria-#speciesgroup S. #carnaria itself is distributed throughout the #Palearctic region and is a #parasitoid of earthworms. H. E. Moore et al. (2021) used #cuticularhydrocarbon (CHC) profiles to differentiate 11 Sarcophaga species (including S. carnaria) from each other
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025Ref
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87221-y#Photos
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eine Riesen-Blutbiene Sphecodes albilabris auf einer Wiesen-Witwenblume.
woher das 'riesen-' kommt ist mir nicht klar, die war kleiner als eine honigbiene. es gibt wohl noch kleinere blutbienen.#insekten #insects #bees #wildbienen #parasitoid #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity
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Seems I accidentally took a photograph of a tiny #parasitoid wasp right while it's injecting eggs into a Membracidae (treehopper) egg case :D #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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After a bit of canvassing, apparently this is a two-spotted blue hairy flower #wasp (#Laeviscolia frontalis)
A #parasitoid with #pollination inclination
Seen on Flinders Uni Bedford Park campus yesterday
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Hairy Scolid Wasp, Scolia hirta Canon 5D3 Sigma 105 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 125 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 7/19/2024 #Scoliidae #Wasps #parasitoid #SolitaryWasps #Hymenoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands
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Gasteruption jaculator Canon 7D Sigma 105 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/23/2023 #wasps #Gasteruptiidae #Gasteruption #parasitoid #Hymentoptera #kleptoparasite #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
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#DNA analysis reveals that there are more species of #parasitoid #wasps than anticipated.
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What’s up, doc?
Ichneumonoidea wasp.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/213968073
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This is a male Pelecinid which for some reason are almost never seen in the nearctic region but are common found in tropic regions. This is only the second male I've seen. I'm fairly certain this is the American Pelecinid (P. polyturator). There are only two other species that are both tropical but usually they have a red or brown coloration. Their common host is june beetle larvae.
#Wasp #Insects #Arthropods #Proctotrupomorph #Colombia #Parasitoid
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Hairy Scolid Wasp, Scolia hirta Canon 400D Ef 100 2.8 f/10 1/320 iso:80 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/20/2010 #Scoliidae #hymenoptera #wasps #parasitoid #Scolid #insect #invertebrate #Macro #Grasslands
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Jewel Wasp, Chrysis spendidula Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f.6.3 1.400 iso: 160 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/11/2023 #Wasps #jewelWasps #parasitoid #Hymenoptera #Chrysidae #insects #invertebrates #macro
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Gasteruption jaculator and Blue-Spot Hairstreak, Satyrium spini Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/4.6 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/23/2023 #Wasps #Gasteruption #parasitoid #BlueSpot #Satyrium #Lycaenidae #butterflies #SaveButterflies #Lepidotera #Macro #grasslands
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Jewel Wasp, possibly Chrysis spendidula Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/6.3 1/400 iso 160 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/11/2023 #JewelWasp #chrysididae #wasps #Hymenoptera #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands #kleptoparasite #cleptoparasite #parasitoid
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Wild Carrot Wasp, Gasteruption assectator Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/6.3 1/400 iso: 160 Milovice. Czech Republic 7/11/2023 #Gasteruption #Wasps #Parasitoid #Hymenptera #insects #Invertebrates #Grasslands #Macro
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Cordyligaster septentrionalis (Tachinidae). Larval host is apparently unknown. Rushton Woods Preserve, Willistown, PA. #Diptera #fly #insect #nature #entomology #parasitoid
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@PeerCommunityIn The article "Non-target effects of ten #essentialoils on the egg #parasitoid #Trichogrammaevanescens" is now published in #openaccess in Peer Community Journal, #zoology section! https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.212/ https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.212
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Urban green roof tops can host insect #pests but also a large variety of #parasitoid #wasps - article in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Dec. 2022, art. 983401) by Aramee C. Diethelm and Susan E. Masta - https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.983401
(image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20080708_Chicago_City_Hall_Green_Roof.JPG)
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On our window, this afternoon. Possibly an early hatching wasp, emerging from either our potted Christmas tree, or from outside—temperatures have been rather high, as in early Spring. Alas its fate is likely sealed by the absence of flowering plants.
Ichneumonidae http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145046499
#InverteFest #iNaturalist #wasplove #Hymenoptera #entomology #parasitoid -
Parasitoid flies (Ormia ochracea) attracted to a broadcast of field cricket (Gryllus lineaticeps) song. Rancho Sierra Vista, Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area, CA.