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Some Wasps Leave Their Young's Security to Parasites

It's not often that you see a parent leaving their children in the company of an intruder and hoping they'll be OK, albeit a species of potter wasps known as Allodynerus delphinalis does it anyway. Not only that, but the Ensliniella parasitica, a parasitic mite living in the nest of this particular species of wasps, does a pretty good job as well, chasing away or even killing invaders several times bigger than it, such as parasitic wasps. Ensliniella parasitica feeds on a circulator... Read »
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