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hyperparasite
(redirected from parasitoid)

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hyperparasite [¦hī·pər′par·ə‚sīt]
(ecology)
An organism that is parasitic on other parasites.


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In the Northeast, the choice is Muscidifurax raptor, an ant-sized parasitoid that stings only fly pupae for food and to lay her eggs inside.
In nature, beneficial predatory insects such as ladybugs, lacewings and parasitoid wasps keep insect pests under control.
scene is called a parasitoid rather than a parasite.
 
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