Search results
Endoparasitoid species often display elaborate physiological adaptations to enhance larval survival within the host, such as the co-option of endosymbiotic viruses for compromising host immune defenses. These bracoviruses are often used by the wasps instead of, or in addition to, a venom cocktail.
17 lis 2022 · Learn about the braconid wasps - their life cycle (eggs, larvae, cocoons), & benefits, what do they eat, & are they dangerous, along with pictures.
23 wrz 2024 · Braconid wasps are dark or dull in color and relatively small, seldom exceeding 1.5 cm (0.6 inch) in length. They are similar in appearance to ichneumon wasps, a related family of parasitic wasps, though braconids are typically smaller. The wings are sometimes banded or spotted.
Bracon is a genus of wasps in the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps. There are several hundred described species but there are thousands still undescribed. [1] The genus is cosmopolitan, distributed throughout the world, with most of the described species occurring in the Palearctic realm. [1]
1 paź 2019 · Braconid wasps (family Braconidae) are parasitoids of other insects. Learn the habits and traits of these tiny wasps, and how they help control pest populations.
9 maj 2024 · Unlike ichneumon wasps, many pupate in silken cocoons outside the body of the host and others spin cocoons entirely apart from the host. Also unlike ichneumonid wasps, very few braconids use host pupae to complete their life cycles, except for fly parasitoids in Alysiinae and Opiinae.
The parasitoid wasp family Braconidae is likely the second-most species-rich family in the animal kingdom. Braconid wasps are widely distributed and often encountered. They constitute one of the principal groups of natural enemies of phytophagous insects, of which many are serious pest species.
