The females of this interspecies infiltrator, dubbed syntretus perlmani, reproduce by driving their hypodermic-like ovipositor— the stinger in stinging wasps — into a fruit fly’s abdomen to ...

Creating a buzz, a biologist's research has led to the discovery of a new parasitic wasp species with unusual ... discovery of a new wasp from backyard fly traps, revealing a "spectacular example ...

Here are the most common types of wasps: Yellow jackets ... impossible for it to fly back out. Mixing two tablespoons of dishwashing liquid and one cup of water in a spray bottle can eliminate ...

A team of scientists came across the wasp by chance while collecting a common fruit fly called Drosophila affinis in their backyards in Mississippi. They published their findings Wednesday (Sep ...

What made the finding even more surprising is that the wasp’s victims belong to an extremely common family of fruit fly called Drosophila. Moore pivoted his research and, along with some ...

If wasps frequent your yard and you’re not a fan of using chemical repellents, there are some natural ways to deter them from buzzing around. What's more, you might already have some of these ...

Q: What is the difference between a yellow jacket and a wasp? “Yellow jackets and hornets and wasps in general -- they are meat eaters, they are carnivores.” “They go after insects -- they ...

a behavior that is unprecedented among parasitoid wasps, which typically target fly larvae. "This is a spectacular example of undescribed biology hidden in plain sight," Matthew Ballinger ...

The wasp larva grows inside the fly and then rips the fly open when it emerges, a recent study described. An adult female wasp, which is smaller than the lead tip of a pencil, infects a larger ...

While the team was screening more than 6,000 flies, they made the very unusual discovery of a parasitic wasp hiding under the abdomen of an adult fly of the species Drosophila affinis. The wasp ...

There are over 7,000 species of wasp living in the UK, comprising a huge variety of solitary and social species. The majority are parasitoids, which have young that eat insects or spiders alive. But ...

The wasp larva grows inside the fly and then rips the fly open when it emerges, a recent study described. Known as Syntretus perlmani the adult wasp lives throughout the eastern U.S., with the ...