One reliable method of control has been to release tiny insects called parasitoid wasps into the wild that can hunt down immature fruit flies and target them for annihilation. The term parasitoid ...

The goal of these factors is to manipulate the fruit fly's physiological processes, like its development from egg to adult and its immune response to invading parasites. By interacting with ...

One reliable method of control has been to release tiny insects called parasitoid wasps into the wild that can hunt down immature fruit flies and target them for annihilation. The term parasitoid ...

At the center of this conflict are invasive fruit flies in the family Tephritidae ... an organism that spends its development as a parasite and eventually kills its host. Parasitoid wasps use ...