The study of parasitoid communities has direct relevance to general ecological theory and to the applied practice of biological control. Yet, despite the existe

Determinants of species richness and composition in egg parasitoid assemblages of Lepidoptera; Parasitoid guilds: a comparative analysis of the parasitoid commu

Parasitoids lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other species of insect, and the parasitoid larvae develop by feeding on the host, causing its eventual death.

Extraordinary in the diversity of their lifestyles, insect parasitoids have become extremely important study organisms in the field of population biology, and t

Most insect parasitoids are related to two insect orders, Diptera and Hymenoptera, some having a specific host while others have a vast host range. As such, the