... conditions, Wolbachia -infected individuals of the parasitoid wasp Hyposoter horticola experience greater hyperparasitism than uninfected individuals. Symbiont Ecological immunity Host–parasite interaction Hymenoptera Heritable endosymbiotic bacteria are extremely widespread among insects...

...A Peri. Mason; Angela M. Smilanich; Michael S. Singer Advances in ecological immunity have illustrated that, like vertebrates, insects exhibit adaptive immunity, including induced changes in feeding behavior that aid the immune system. In particular, recent studies have pointed to the importance...

...-nucleating agents or selection of more benign overwintering sites (Storey and Storey, 1988 ; Bale, 2002). multiple freeze–thaw freeze tolerance P. isabella ecological immunity © 2011. 2011 11 12 2010 * Author for correspondence ([email protected]) Fig. 2. Cumulative...