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Parasitoid Host Behavior

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There are a great number of reasons why the interactions between parasites and their hosts are fascinating and should be acknowledged. Parasites and their hosts have a deeply intimate relationship, and the effects of these interactions have perplexing behavioral results and the ingenious, unparalleled mechanisms that parasitoids use to infest their hosts is not something to underestimate. The comprehension of parasitoid-host interactions and the ramifications on host behavior have helped us better understand the mysteries of relevant insect behavior, such as the collapse of honeybee populations, the control of invasive insects with the implementation of parasitoids that only parasitize the non-native species, and also how and why parasitoids

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