Braconidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views
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Endoparasitoid species often display elaborate physiological adaptations to enhance larval survival within the host, such as the co-option of endosymbiotic viruses for compromising host immune defenses.
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he DNA of the wasp actually contains portions that are the templates for the components of the viral particles and they are assembled in an organ in the female's abdomen known as the calyx.
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Because of this highly modified system of host immunosuppression it is not surprising that there is a high level of parasitoid-host specificity. It is this specificity that makes Braconids a very powerful and important biological control agent.
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My husband was telling me about this yesterday. He heard about it on reddit but he couldn't remember which kind of bug it was. -
That's actually where I found it the other night. It was a very interesting read to say the least.