Adorable Baeus.

My new favourite little being! This is Baeus. They are a genus of wasps in the family Scelionidae and they are found on every continent, except Antarctica.
#nature #insect #baeus #scelionidae #parasitoids #cute

Learned about the fucked up horrors of nature today TRANS CRAB ZOMBIE CANCER is real.

HAD to share this forbidden knowledge somewhere but couldn't just drop it in a conversation

#barnacles #ecology #nature #parasitoids ? #cursed_knowledge

Potential Drivers of Successful Biocontrol: A Perspective on Parasitoids Parasitoids are central to classical biological control, yet predicting their long-term effectiveness post release remains challenging. In Aotearoa New Zealand, three Microctonus (Hymenoptera: Bracon...

📢 Publication Alert – 2nd Paper from My PhD!

I’m excited to share my recent publication in the New Zealand Journal of Zoology 🎉

Paper link: rsnz.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@angmcgaughran.bsky.social

#Biocontrol #Genomics #Parasitoids #NewZealand #Transcriptomics #Microbiome

Egg‐induced defensive volatiles in rice: a strategy to recruit egg parasitoids for biological control of rice stem borers This study elucidates the pivotal role of Chilo suppressalis egg deposition in modulating rice volatile profiles, demonstrating that specific upregulated volatiles enhance the plant's attractiveness ...

🌾🐛Egg-induced defensive volatiles in rice: a strategy to recruit egg parasitoids for biological control of rice stem borers #plantvolatiles #parasitoids #biocontrol
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Conversion of a thelytokous to a stable bisexual line by non‐target effect antibiotic elimination of Rickettsia in Anastatus gansuensis Multigenerational low-dose rifampicin treatment successfully created the stable, Rickettsia-free bisexual line in a hymenopteran host, Anastatus gansuensis, as confirmed through molecular and phenoty...

Conversion of a #thelytokous to a stable bisexual line by non-target effect antibiotic elimination of #Rickettsia in Anastatus gansuensis #parasitoids #symbionts #biological control
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Lipids as currency in parasitoid competition: Interactions between two lipid-scavenging species Lipid scavengers are organisms that rely on exogenous lipid acquisition as they lack the ability to synthesize fatty acids de novo or in sufficient qu…

Excited about this new paper studying competition between lipid-scavenging #parasitoids sharing the same host. The later-arriving species shifts to #hyperparasitism to ensure sufficient resources. Don't miss the amazing photos!

#nasonia #evolution #behaviour
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Two new Darwin wasp species are described from the Peruvian Andes and Brazilian coastal rainforests. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #wasps #parasitoids @ilarisaaksjarvi.bsky.social @utu.fi

happy belated #waspwednesday - here's a belated wasp update from wasp HQ from *Dr* Mia McGowan. #Biocontrol of #whitefly with #parasitoids is evolutionarily resilient because resistant whitefly lay fewer eggs with lower hatching success academic.oup.com/jee/advance-...

Six parasitoid wasp species are reported from the eggs of Dendrolimus houi, a major destructive defoliator of conifers in China: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#biocontrol #parasitoids #pests

An illustration from one of the couplets of the dichotomous key

Illustrated identification key to Palaearctic genera of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera: Apocrita)

Free download: tinyurl.com/mry77muw

#wasps #parasitoids #GBOLIII #darktaxa @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @parasitoidrex.bsky.social

A new species of Diglyphus is described from China. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biocontrol #parasitoids #taxonomy

A revision of the known species of the wasp genus Acroclisoides, with descriptions of eight new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #parasitoids #taxonomy

Diversity is something you learn to love. The more different life all cluttered together, the greater the chance of seeing awesome #zombi #fungi #parasitoids like #purpureocillium

Fourteen species of Aprostocetus Westwood from China are reviewed, including one new species, and new country records for four species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#parasitoids #taxonomy #newspecies

Three new wasp species are described and illustrated in the genus Pteromalus. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #parasitoids #taxonomy @unibe.ch

On my way to AAB Advances in Integrated Pest and Pathogen Management meeting - looking forward to a couple of days hearing about what's happening in applied IPPM research. www.aab.org.uk/event/advanc...

#IPM #IntegratedPestManagement #Biocontrol #Parasitoids #Aphids #AppliedEntomology

New research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Sugar feeding by adult ichneumonoid and stephanoid wasps (#Hymenoptera) in dry evergreen forest, Thailand
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70031

#Parasitoids #SugarFeeding #NutritionalEcology #Braconidae #Ichneumonidae #Stephanidae
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

Four new species of ichneumonid wasps belonging to the subgenus Ischyracis are described from Uganda - find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

#wasps #taxonomy #parasitoids

A new fossil crown wasp is described based on a well-preserved male specimen embedded in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#fossils #wasps #parasitoids

Description of two new species of parasitoid wasps, larval endoparasitoids of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex coronatus in Panama: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#parasitoids #parasitism #newspecies

The parasitoid wasp genus Lemophagus is reported for the first time from India, along with the description of a new species. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

#parasitoids #phylogeny #taxonomy

Spotted Bee Fly (Anthrax irroratus) larvae are parasitoids of solitary bees and wasps, living in close association with their hosts and ultimately causing the host’s death.

#parasitoids #beeflies #nature #wildlife #california

Drs Aleksei Miroliubov, Anastasia Lianguzova & Frederic Libersat review neural strategies in #parasitic #manipulation. #parasites #parasitoids #nervoussystem

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The performance of the parasitoid <i>Telenomus remus</i> after cold storage of host eggs <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="P000001">Background: <i>Telenomus remus</i> (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is a promising egg parasitoid for the bio...

🔓📗 'The performance of the parasitoid Telenomus remus after cold storage of host eggs' - an #OpenAccess CABI Agriculture and Bioscience research article on #ScienceOpen:

🖇️ @cabi-org.bsky.social #Parasitoids #FallArmyworm #ColdStorage #Biocontrol

Fourteen species of Ichneumonidae wasps are newly recorded for the fauna of Iraq. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#taxonomy #parasitoids #Hymenoptera

Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by 7-spot Ladybird found today on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #Braconidae #Parasitoids #Ladybirds #Dinocampuscoccinellae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Discovery of two Palearctic Bootanomyia Girault (Hymenoptera, Megastigmidae) parasitic wasp species introduced to North America Invasive species are among the greatest threats to ecosystems, but our ability to detect species introductions varies across taxa. Parasitoid wasps, though one of the most species-rich groups of all a...

A study to document two separate introductions of European parasitoids of oak gall wasps into North America.

#wasps #alienspecies #parasitoids ‪ ‪ @lordforbington.bsky.social @kirstenmprior.bsky.social

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Drs Abraham Kpirikai, Nicholas Bretz & @nathantmortimer.bsky.social‬ highlight Shuai Zhan, Jianhua Huang & colleagues’ Cell Genomics article on a #venom protein benefitting #endoparasitism across #parasitoids. #Lipase @bb-osu.bsky.social‬ @oregonstate.edu‬

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Predatory insects: The unsung garden heroes in Wilmington Predatory insects can substantially reduce the populations of pests.

There's much more science in this story than we've come to expect from our local newspaper. For that, I am pleased.

Will it cause people to reduce the use of chemical warfare on their property? Sadly, probably not.

#inverts #parasitoids #BackyardWildlife

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The Eastern Palaearctic species of the parasitoid wasp genus Tetramopria are reviewed, with new descriptions and records an an updated key: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

#parasitoids #wasps #Hymenoptera @davidnotton.bsky.social