All Articles Tagged As: wasps

Researchers describe for first time how some bacteria kill males: They first invade the mother (9/29/2008)

Scientists have helped describe for the first time just how certain male-killing bacteria manage to specifically kill off males of a parasitic wasp. ...> Full Article

Remembrance of tussles past: paper wasps show surprisingly strong memory for previous encounters (9/23/2008)

Paper wasps can remember individuals for at least a week, even after meeting and interacting with many other wasps in the meantime ...> Full Article

New Insect Species Discovered (9/6/2008)

New species of parasitic wasp discovered in Ireland ...> Full Article

Diversity among parasitic wasps is even greater than suspected (9/2/2008)

By combining ecological and genetic data with the painstaking detective work of taxonomy, the Researchers have dramatically increased – nearly doubling – the estimated number of species reported of six very species-rich genera of parasitoid wasps. ...> Full Article

Wasps and Bumble Bees Heat Up, Fly Faster With Protein-Rich Food (7/12/2008)

Good pollen makes bees hot and wasps warm up too when they find protein-rich meat ...> Full Article

Research Team Uses Tiny Wasp to Wipe Out Major Agricultural Pest in Tahiti (3/15/2008)

Biological control decimates glassy-winged sharpshooter populations in French Polynesian islands ...> Full Article

Fungus, caterpillars and parasitic wasps (1/25/2008)

Understanding survival of a species can be a lot more complicated than meets the eye because ecosystems are so interrelated. ...> Full Article