▪ Abstract Wasp parasitoids use a variety of methods to commandeer their insect hosts in
order to create an environment that will support and promote their own development, usually …

Highlights•Some endoparasitoid wasps lay eggs that produce cells called
teratocytes.•Wasps in only select families form teratocytes.•Teratocytes derive from two types …

This review summarizes recent data on the regulation of host development by insect
baculoviruses through the action of the viral egt gene. This gene was first identified in the …

The biochemical profile and metabolism of Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)(Homoptera,
Aphididae) are markedly altered and redirected in response to parasitization by the …

In order to reduce parasite‐induced mortality, hosts may be involved in mutualistic
interactions in which the partner contributes to resistance against the parasite. The pea …

This study aims at evaluating whether the bacterial endosymbionts of the pea aphid,
Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), may be of any nutritional importance to the endophagous …

In some parasitoid species, the serosa membrane breaks apart at hatching and produces
teratocyte cells that assume various functions (immunossupression, secretion and nutrition) …

Last instar larvae of the tobacco budworm, Heliothisvirescens F., fail to pupate and have little
20-hydroxyecdysone when parasitized by Toxoneuronnigriceps (Viereck). In this paper, we …

The egg–larval parasitoid Chelonus inanitus induces in its host Spodoptera littoralis two
major developmental effects, namely a precocious onset of metamorphosis followed by a …

Polydnaviruses (PDV) are viral symbionts associated with ichneumonid and braconid wasps
parasitizing moth larvae, which are able to disrupt the host immune response and …