A recently discovered wasp can apparently control the minds of its victims. Euderus set, otherwise known as the crypt-keeper wasp, has the uncanny ability to control the actions of multiple species of ...

A horrifying insect soap opera with vampires, mummies and infant-eating parasites is playing out on the stems and leaves of live oak trees every day, and evolutionary biologist Scott Egan found the ...

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It may be called the “love vine,” but this creeping vine has a sinister secret — and no love for the wasps that buzz around its habitat in the trees. The vine, whose official name is Cassytha ...

A team of researchers from the University of Iowa and Rice University has found that crypt-keeper wasps parasitize multiple species of gall wasp. In their paper published in the journal Biology ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bootanomyia dorsalis is native to Europe, but has been found in multiple locations across North America. Native to Europe, B.

Aug. 20 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen interaction between parasites. Researchers at Rice University discovered a parasitic vine preying on a parasitic wasp. The two parasites, ...

A molecular study carried out on the chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, has revealed the absence of genetic variability in this invasive species, a chestnut-tree parasite, in Europe. This is ...

Every year, Scott Egan and his students crisscross the country looking for odd, round things called galls that grow on plants. They are, essentially, plant tumors. Once you start looking, they’re ...

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Life cycle of an oak gall wasp (in this case, Callirhytis quercusmodesta; pink), and the crypt keeper wasp, Euderus set (green).Mona Luo Details of methods for the C. quercusmodesta / Euderus ...