Tag: fat body

An Inside Look at How the Varroa Mite’s True Diet Was Discovered

Some researchers willing to question conventional wisdom, some crafty experimentation, and some high-tech microscopic imagery all add up to a discovery about the Varroa destructor mite that upends years of understanding about how it parasitizes honey bees.

Entomology Today February 21, 2019 21 Comments

Balance, Hearing, and More: Why Some Wasps Have Fat Lower Legs

The fat lower legs that dangle below flying wasps in the family Gasteruptiidae turn out to be filled with insect fat body, and they may play key roles in flight dynamics, detecting vibrations from prey, and even detoxification.