It would remain in a state of suspended animation for quite a while, until eventually its respiration would stop.' Only the wasps' larvae are carnivores. When tarantula hawks reach adulthood, they ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp, compared to an “alien” predator, was found entirely by chance. Its ability to infect adult ...

The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae fed on the insides of this hornworm, have now completed that feeding, and are preparing to emerge as tiny wasps.