Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Females do not avoid but prefer superparasitism in the parasitoid wasp Melittobia australica
Iris Veenis, Bart A. Pannebakker, Jun Abe
The paper shows that female parasitoid wasps prefer superparasitism on non-diapausing hosts, which increases parasitism efficiency despite offspring competition.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.13.758990