A parasitoid wasp induces overwintering behaviour in its spider host.

Parasites and parasitoids control behaviors of their hosts. However, the origin of the behavior evoked by the parasitic organism has been rarely identified. It is also not known whether the manipulation is universal or host-specific. Polysphinctine wasps, koinobiont ectoparasitoids of several spider...

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Main Authors: Stanislav Korenko, Stano Pekár
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8eca98d2c7604be3a486cfd9c6b3277b
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