[featured image] Metamorphosis is one of the keys to the success of the insects. Of all the insect orders it is the ones that go through a larval and pupal stage that are the most diverse. This way of life seems to be beset with all manner of pitfalls. Larvae …
[featured image] There’s a small, wingless parasitic wasp (Methoca ichneumonides) that preys on a green-tiger larva by waiting for it to attack before dodging past the fearsome mandibles and slipping into the larva’s burrow. The beetle larva is now the victim and the wasp closes the deal by injecting paralysing …