Key Points
The findings, published in the prestigious journal Nature, reveal a wasp species that uniquely targets adult fruit flies, a behavior never before observed in parasitoid wasps...
Led by Associate Professor Matthew Ballinger, the team has identified a new species of parasitic wasp with unprecedented biology, challenging long-held assumptions in the field of entomology...
This discovery, made in backyard fly traps, has been hailed as a "spectacular example of undescribed biology hidden in plain sight.". . ) . student and lead author of the study, initiated the project by collecting infected fruit flies from his backyard in Starkville, Mississippi...
