A new species of parasitoid wasp that constructs remarkable star-shaped cocoon masses is reported from the biodiversity hot spot Ryukyu Islands. Researchers observed how the wasps construct 'stars' ...

There’s nothing subtle about the way in which the Reclinervellus nielseni wasp larva takes control of the Cyclosa argenteoalba spider’s nervous system. First, an adult female wasp must attack a spider ...

Many insects make cocoons when they are young to protect themselves from the big, bad world, full of predators (and cable news channels). Ichneumon wasps have a found a way to make this process easier ...

Insect turns arachnid into a zombie, forces it to build its most protective web The spiders build delicate round webs to catch prey. But that changes after an adult R. nielseni wasp stings a spider, ...