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The term for parasitoids that attack other parasitoids is a "hyperparasitoid". I did my PhD on parasitoids that attack aphids, but I've never heard of a hyper-h
by mc_maurer 2y ago
The term for parasitoids that attack other parasitoids is a "hyperparasitoid". I did my PhD on parasitoids that attack aphids, but I've never heard of a hyper-hyperparasitoid, do you have any reference to that example?
- yannis 2y agoI love this type of studies is your thesis available somewhere on the web?
- throwup238 2y agoI was under the impression that it’s fairly common? The caterpillar: Often a pest species like the tomato leafminer Primary parasitoid: Cotesia glomerata Secondary parasitoid: Lysibia nana and some species from the genus Gelis like agilis Tertiary parasitoid: Certain species within the Trichogramma or Eulophidae families.
- klyrs 2y agoI recently discovered the existence of hyperparasitoid wasps much to the delight of my entomologist friend. That these things fly and have working nervous system (apparently ditching the neuronal nuclei during metamorphosis?), the ability to navigate etc. continues to blow my mind. They are so tiny! https://www.nature.com/articles/480294a https://www.nature.com/articles/480294a
- Baeocystin 2y agoWow! At that size, I wonder if it's even technically still flying, or more like swimming through a thick Brownian motion soup.