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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Jewel Wasp Pteromalid

Nasonia vitripennis

Not Evaluated

About

A tiny jewel wasp that parasitizes the pupae of blowflies, flesh flies, and house flies. It is one of the most important model organisms in parasitoid biology and genetics.

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Did You Know?

It has become a genetic model organism rivaling Drosophila, with its entire genome sequenced to study parasitism evolution.