A Syntretus perlmani wasp larva bursts from a fruit fly’s abdomen. “All known parasitoid wasps of flies attack and develop inside immature life stages,” study co-author and Mississippi State ...

A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies, Nature ...

Some wasps are unsettling, and then there are species so extreme that even the scientists who study them reach for words like ...

The newly found wasp appears to be common in the eastern United States, and inflicts Lynchian body horror onto its hosts. Reading time 3 minutes Adult flies in the eastern United States have been ...

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups the competition. But sometimes, as in the corporate ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered in America, and it seems to channel some of the well-known features of the xenomorph from the popular Alien sci-fi franchise. How exactly do these horror ...

We’ve been inundated with wasps this year. This may be a source of aggravation if they find your ripening fruit and berries a desirable food source. There are three main culprits to watch for. The ...