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Resistance evolution in parasitoid biocontrol: understanding the rule, managing the exceptions In contrast to chemical pest control, biological control (biocontrol) is generally considered evolutionarily stable, with pests rarely evolving resist…

Happy #waspwednesday everyone! Here's the latest article from wasp HQ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In a nutshell - controlling crop pests using parasitoid wasps is evolutionarily resilient to resistance evolution in pests because parasitoids are cool #science #evolution #parasitoid

11.02.2026 09:22 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

happy belated #waspwednesday - here's a belated wasp update from wasp HQ from *Dr* Mia McGowan. #Biocontrol of #whitefly with #parasitoids is evolutionarily resilient because resistant whitefly lay fewer eggs with lower hatching success academic.oup.com/jee/advance-...

08.01.2026 06:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations Dr James! 👏

18.12.2025 12:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Happy #waspwednesday from me and the @evomob.bsky.social. Here is a picture of a mating pair of thynnid flower wasps I saw on my holiday to #TorresdelPaine national park in #Patagonia #Chile

17.12.2025 15:29 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Happy #waspwednesday everyone. The #parasitoid wasp Tachardiaephagus somervilli saved the #christmasislandcrabs from extinction by controlling an invasive mealybug and its symbiotic ant which was eating the crabs #waspstotherescue read more here www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

05.11.2025 08:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0