New Wasp Species Named after Chief Crazy Horse and Wile E. Coyote
Five new wasp species were recently described in the journal Zootaxa. All of them are Braconid wasps, belonging to the genus Cremnops, which belongs to the subfamily Agathidinae. Members of […]
Parasitoid Wasps May Be an Effective Tool against Lettuce Aphids
The lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) is an important pest of lettuce worldwide. Lettuce growers have traditionally used chemicals to control the aphids, but even that can be difficult since the […]
New Parasitoid Wasp Species Found in China
For the first time, wasps in the genus Spasskia (family: Braconidae) have been found in China, according to an article in the open-access Journal of Insect Science. In addition, a […]
Videos of Parasitoid Wasps and their Caterpillar Hosts
This first video was recently submitted to the 2013 ESA YouTube Your Entomology contest by Justin Bredlau, a PhD student at Virginia Commonwealth University. The video shows the life of […]