Parasite of the Day

Strepisptera is an order of parasitic insects with some very unique characteristics.They are also known as twisted wing parasites, based on...

This is the second post in a series of blog posts written by students from  my third year Evolutionary Parasitology unit (ZOOL329/529)  clas...

Many of you have heard of the very scary phenomenon called "Colony Collapse Disorder" - and if you haven't, you should, becaus...

Today's parasite is the larval stage of the blister beetle Meloe franciscanus . The beetle larvae are brood parasites that feed on eggs ...

A female Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) coturnix Pérez bee dashes into the nest of another bee species, Megachile minutissima Radoszkowski, ...

Many people have heard of grave concerns about the loss of honey bees, key pollinators of our crops and other important plants. One of the ...