An insect whose larvae live as parasites which eventually kill their hosts, e.g. an ichneumon wasp.
拟寄生物昆虫
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Larvae develop as parasitoids of 13 insect orders, spider eggs, ticks, pseudoscorpions, and nematodes, or as primary or secondary feeders on plant tissue.
In parasitoids, the presence of conspecific females should modify decisions of females confronted with already-parasitized hosts.
Sticky hairs don't work as well against most parasitoids, whose larvae grow inside and ultimately kill their caterpillar hosts.
Such treatment typically kills the host; parasitoids are attracting interest as natural controls on insect pests.
Insects include among their number parasites, parasitoids, carnivores, herbivores, scavengers, and detritivores.
Definition of parasitoid in US English:
parasitoid
nounˈparəsiˌtoid
Entomology
An insect (e.g., the ichneumon wasp) whose larvae live as parasites that eventually kill their hosts (typically other insects).
拟寄生物昆虫
Example sentencesExamples
In parasitoids, the presence of conspecific females should modify decisions of females confronted with already-parasitized hosts.
Such treatment typically kills the host; parasitoids are attracting interest as natural controls on insect pests.
Insects include among their number parasites, parasitoids, carnivores, herbivores, scavengers, and detritivores.
Sticky hairs don't work as well against most parasitoids, whose larvae grow inside and ultimately kill their caterpillar hosts.
Larvae develop as parasitoids of 13 insect orders, spider eggs, ticks, pseudoscorpions, and nematodes, or as primary or secondary feeders on plant tissue.