New parasitoid wasp species discovered in Amazon manipulate host behavior in ‘complex way’

Mongabay
Feb 21, 2020, 12:31 pm240 pts
Researchers have discovered 15 new wasp species in lowland Amazon rainforests and Andean cloud forests that parasitize spiders in a “complex way.” The discoveries were made by a research group with the Biodiversity Unit of Finland’s University of Turku, which has studied tropical parasitoid insect…

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