Parasitoid design commission for username Funkt!

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Para os Minikins, a referência mais óbvia é o Stitch, porém também busquei referência em pequenas vespas parasitoides.

https://t.co/dpp4kdDsU9

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cw trypophobia

Parasitoid fungi [Ascopolyporus, Cordyceps, Gibellula]

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Converted force - Commission for and of their characters as parasitoids, likely as a consequence of a contact with the parasitoids going awry

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So what was that crazy creature? First instar of a spider fly (#Acroceridae)! Found by grad student Christina Mitchell during a diversity/biomass study. Luckily the spider was clear so you can see the parasitoid on its book lung. They may remain there for years!

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Parasitoid crawler - here's an older piece I never uploaded, these are the more mobile, less tanky variants of the parasitoids.

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NISHIMORI, T., K. MIURA, K. MAETO, J. MIWA, and K. YAMAGISHI: Morphological and Genetic Analyses Suggest Some Strains under Tiphodytes gerriphagus Hymenoptera: Platygastridae: Scelioninae), an Egg Parasitoid of Water Striders

JJSE24(2):277–282
https://t.co/sNuwvMKCjs

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Dans le 3ème chapitre vous présentais déjà le Fourmi Ji-Tsu: méthode de défense des fourmis contre des mouches parasitoïdes!
Illustration Alain Prunier. Figure: Leaf-Cutter Ant Parasitoids: Current Knowledge, https://t.co/DiYPFHELyZ

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Due to complex life histories, parasitoids are rarely featured in children's literature

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