When a parasite breaks all the rules of a colony: morphology and fate of wasps infected by a strepsipteran endoparasite

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• endoparasite 100%
• wasp 87%
• parasite 62%
• overwintering 12%
• caste system 9%
• lipid 8%
• parasite intensity 7%
• fluctuating asymmetry 7%
• diapause 7%
• summer 5%
• fat 4%
• symmetry 4%
• larva 4%
• allocation 4%
• desert 3%
• nutrient 3%

Agriculture & Biology

• endoparasites 78%
• wasps 63%
• parasites 42%
• overwintering 10%
• lipids 8%
• Polistes dominula 8%
• social wasps 6%
• summer 6%
• parasite load 6%
• ovarian development 6%
• queen insects 5%
• diapause 5%
• asymmetry 5%
• deserts 4%
• gender 3%
• nutrients 3%
• larvae 3%