Delve into the dark world of parasitic wasps and discover their grisly takeovers of living caterpillars. Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game, and it's easy for caterpillars to fall victim to some ...

Both native predators, such as ladybirds, hoverflies and lacewings, and an introduced parasite attack woolly aphids. The introduced parasite, a tiny wasp (Aphelinus mali), now lives wild in southern ...

Aphids can create all kinds of destruction in your garden, causing disfigured or yellowing leaves on your plants and trees and even spreading diseases to your plants. Luckily, parasitic wasps can ...

Between them they published details of 574 new species as part of their work documenting insects in Costa Rica ... of Encyrtidae - a group of parasitic wasps - had been "incredibly important".