A Parasitic Wasp Lays Its Eggs into <em>Drosophila</em> Larvae (IMAGE)

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A Parasitic Wasp Lays Its Eggs into <em>Drosophila</em> Larvae

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A parasitic wasp (Leptopilina boulardi) lays its eggs into larvae of the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster. In nature, many Drosophila larvae are killed this way. However, both larvae and adult flies are able to sense and actively avoid the wasps' odor.

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Photo: Markus Knaden, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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