Learning can be detrimental for a parasitic wasp.

Animals have evolved the capacity to learn, and the conventional view is that learning allows individuals to improve foraging decisions. The parasitoid Telenomus podisi has been shown to parasitize eggs of the exotic stink bug Halyomorpha halys at the same rate as eggs of its coevolved host, Podisus...

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Main Authors: Valeria Bertoldi, Gabriele Rondoni, Ezio Peri, Eric Conti, Jacques Brodeur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238336