For example, some parasitic wasps are known to inject viruses into the host, which may paralyze the host or protect the larvae from host defenses. Similarly, when a “braconid” wasp (in the huge family ...

The jewel wasp is a parasite with a method so precise it can turn a cockroach into a living host without killing it ...

A small beetle is responsible for the death and decline of billions of ash trees in North America, and the race is on to stop ...

Abstract: Ensuring network security, particularly within the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has become paramount with the escalating reliance on Internet applications across diverse sectors, ...

Imagine a predator that doesn’t just kill its prey, but performs a high-stakes “brain surgery” to turn it into a willing servant. Meet the jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa), a shimmering, emerald-hued ...

Occurred on August 5, 2019 / Dohr, Germany Info from Licensor: "Last summer I also spent time observing, photographing and filming social wasps in my garden in Dohr (in the Eifel region) in ...

The larvae feed on the leaves of elm trees in a distinctive zigzag pattern. Gyorgy Csoka via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 3.0 An invasive wasp is wreaking havoc on elms across the United States—and ...