Figs and wasps share a unique mutualistic relationship, where wasps pollinate figs while laying their eggs inside the fruit.

This is having a huge ecosystem impact and the native birds have been declining.’ Adult wasps don’t eat the prey they kill - they feed it to their young, known as larvae. Social species capture ...

Oriental wasps may have evolved a genetic mutation to handle their liquor, thanks to a beneficial relationship with yeast.

“When there are larvae around ... offering that acts as a lure to keep the wasp away from you.” Following on from this, once you’re finished eating, clear away any leftovers as soon as ...

From their unique vision to fascinating hunting techniques, find answers to your most frequently asked spider questions.

Parasitoid wasps' life cycles can get pretty gruesome (at least from the perspective of their host), with species that use the bodies of other insects as a cozy home for their eggs often eating or ...

The wasp larva grows inside the fly and then rips the fly open when it emerges, a recent study described. Known as Syntretus ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered that lays its eggs inside adult fruit flies. The wasp larva grows inside the fly and then rips the fly open when it emerges, a recent study described. Known ...

as the sugary secretions provided by wasp larvae in the nest will no longer be available to them as these larvae will have matured. This change, alongside the breaking down of the social order of ...

We take a look at the last few weeks of the summer season for wasps — which, for almost all of them, is also the last few weeks of their lives. The wind has started howling, the mercury has plunged ...

(Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) The larva stays on its host’s stomach, sucking its blood for several weeks until it is ready to pupate, the next stage in the insect’s development toward adulthood. To ...

Typically at this time, wasps will be in search of carbohydrates for energy, as the sugary secretions provided by wasp larvae in the nest will no longer be available to them as these larvae will have ...