Researchers create red-eyed mutant wasps
Researchers at UC Riverside's Akbari lab have brought a new strain of red-eyed mutant wasps into the world.
Biotechnology
Apr 19, 2017
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News tagged with wasps
Parasitic wasp may aid battle against diseases spread by mosquitoes
Scientists at the University of Georgia are using lessons learned from a parasitic wasp to gain insights into how mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria and the Zika virus, evade detection by their hosts' immune systems, enabling ...
Ecology
Apr 3, 2017
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Researchers discovered fungus gnat paradise in Peruvian Amazonia
Finnish and Estonian researchers have discovered and identified 16 new fungus gnat species in the Amazonia. The diverse gnat species maintain exceptionally rich parasitoid wasp species, which shows the importance of interdependence ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2017
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Insidious wasp gets ahead by tunneling through host's head
Gall wasps may feel confident as they infest oak trees for shelter and sustenance, but their wasp enemy has an even more insidious agenda, according to Rice University scientists.
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2017
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Wasps have trading partners and compete for the 'best trade deals': study
Wasps have trading partners and compete for the 'best trade deals'—according to scientists from the University of Sussex.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2017
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Researchers identify genes for 'Help me!' aromas from corn
When corn seedlings are nibbled by caterpillars, they defend themselves by releasing scent compounds that attract parasitic wasps whose larvae consume the caterpillar—but not all corn varieties are equally effective at ...
Biotechnology
Oct 25, 2016
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Ancient wingless wasp, now extinct, is one of a kind
Researchers have identified a bizarre, parasitic wasp without wings preserved in 100-million-year-old amber, which seems to borrow parts of its anatomy from a range of other insects but actually belongs to no other family ...
Archaeology
Oct 12, 2016
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Dishonesty is aggressively punished in the world of paper wasps
Is honesty really the best policy? Isn't it more beneficial to cheat, if you can get away with it?
Plants & Animals
Jul 4, 2016
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Rediscovering a wasp after 101 years
A species of wasp that is a natural enemy of a wood-boring beetle that kills black locust trees has been rediscovered, more than 100 years after the last wasp of this species was found.
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2016
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Real-life aliens extremely efficient at turning their hosts into new parasites
The way parasitoid wasps feed may be gruesome, but it is an extremely efficient way to exploit prey, University of Exeter research has found.
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2016
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