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Ready for Parasitoid Palooza II? Bohart Museum Open House on Sunday, Jan. 10
If you've ever tried to rear monarch butterflies, you may have encountered a caterpillar parasitized by a tachinid fly, which oviposits or injects its eggs into it. The fly's life cycle continues, but the host dies. The tachinid fly is a parasitoid. What's a parasitoid? And where can...
A wasp parasitizing aphids. These wasps are from the family Aphidiinae. (Photo by Fran Keller)