parasitoid
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|A parasitoid wasp (Trioxys complanatus, [[Aphidiinae) ovipositing into the body of a spotted alfalfa aphid (Therioaphis maculata, Calaphidinae), a behaviour that is used in biological pest control]]
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Strategies
- Evolutionary options
- Basic concepts
- Influencing host behaviour
- Taxonomic range
- Hymenoptera
- Other orders
- Entomopathogenic fungi
- Learning in parasitoids
- Interactions with humans
- In biological pest control
- Maria Sibylla Merian
- Charles Darwin
- In science fiction
- Notes
- References
thumb|upright=1.2|A parasitoid wasp (Trioxys complanatus, [[Aphidiinae) ovipositing into the body of a spotted alfalfa aphid (Therioaphis maculata, Calaphidinae), a behaviour that is used in biological pest control]]
A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation.