The interactions between spider hosts and parasitoid wasps constitute a remarkable example of co‐evolution, where intricate behavioural and physiological modifications underpin the survival strategies ...

Setting off a startling chain of events, a parasitoid wasp can force a spider to weave a special web to suspend the wasp pupa just before it finishes killing its spider host. William Eberhard, staff ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...

Consider yourself lucky that you’re not a spider. They may seem like they sit on top of the food chain in the bug world, but they’re vulnerable to an even worse fate than just being eaten: falling ...

Researchers have discovered 15 new wasp species in lowland Amazon rainforests and Andean cloud forests that parasitize spiders in a “complex way.” Female Acrotaphus wasps are known to attack spiders ...

The interaction between parasites and their hosts can be gruesome: They manipulate, invade and terrorize their unsuspecting hosts, often killing them in the process. From mind-controlling organisms to ...

This is the adult female wasp Paracyphononyx scapulatus. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or ...

Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider (Plesiometa argyra) has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and is as broad as a human fist. In other words, it ...

Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...