Naturenotes With Rudy Mancke
Ichneumon wasps
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:01:21
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Synopsis
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. Ichneumonid wasps, with very few exceptions, attack the immature stages of holometabolous insects and spiders, eventually killing their hosts. They thus fulfill an important role as regulators of insect populations, both in natural and semi-natural systems, making them promising agents for biological control.