New research shows that wasps drum to alert one another of food nearby
Have you ever had to shout to call your family to the dinner table?
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2018
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News tagged with wasps
Clearwing moths found to fly like bees to enhance deception (Update)
A team of researchers with members from Poland, Australia and the U.S. has found that some types of clearwing moths fly like bees to avoid predators. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes ...
Virus inhibits immune response of caterpillars and plants
It is well known that certain wasps suppress the immune systems of their caterpillar hosts so they can successfully raise their young within those hosts. Now researchers at Penn State show that, in addition to suppressing ...
Ecology
May 1, 2018
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The 11th species of an endemic Australian wasp genus
As well as an interest in all insects, Flinders biological sciences Ph.D. Ben Parslow has a fascination for wasps.
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2018
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Mind-controlling molecules from wasp venom could someday help Parkinson's patients
After being stung by a parasitic wasp, the American cockroach loses control of its behavior, becoming host to the wasp's egg. Days later, the hatchling consumes the cockroach alive. While this is a gruesome process for the ...
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2018
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New parasitoid wasp likely uses unique saw-like spines to break out of its host body
About the size of a sesame seed, a new species of wasp from Costa Rica, named Dendrocerus scutellaris, has elaborate branched antennae that could be used for finding mates. Or hosts.
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2018
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Little wasp bodies means little wasp brain regions, study shows
A new Drexel University study comparing brain size to body size shows that just because you've evolved to have a big brain, some regions of your brain may not have kept up.
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2018
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Knock, knock! "Who's there?"
Insect communication, silent and often deadly, features prominently among the remarkable experiments that are performed live during the three lectures that explore "The Language of Life" for this year's Royal Institution ...
Other
Dec 21, 2017
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Digger wasps and their chemistry
The skin of insects is usually covered by water-repellent hydrocarbons which protect them against desiccation and pathogens. This protective layer is species-specific in the majority of cases, creating a chemically unique ...
Evolution
Nov 3, 2017
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We faced abuse for asking people to kill wasps for science – here's why it was worthwhile
When we launched a citizen science project earlier this year, we didn't expect to get in so much trouble.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2017
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