Ah, motherhood. I don’t know anything about it, but I heard there’s a lot of, like, sacrifice and stuff. Not only do you have to bring the brat into the world, but then you have to feed it for at ...

Strepsiptera are a small order of obligate endoparasitic insects, notable for extreme sexual dimorphism and a life cycle intimately tied to their hosts, predominantly Hymenoptera and Hemiptera.

A parasite masquerading as its host to avoid detection may sound pretty unfair. But then again, all's fair in love and war – at least in the war against red imported fire ants. COLLEGE STATION – A ...

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A group of parasitic insects tough enough to kill fire ants has shown researchers a nasty new trick. The creatures hide inside their victim by making the host form a protective bag of its own skin.

Zoologische Beitraege 36: 83-124. "The monophyly of the Endopterygota (= Holometabola) is considered firmly established, except that the evidence for including the Strepsiptera in this taxon is ...

COLLEGE STATION – A parasite masquerading as its host to avoid detection may sound pretty unfair. But then again, all's fair in love and war – at least in the war against red imported fire ants.