Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
There are many species of parasitic wasps, many of which we’ve posted. But even parasites can become the victim of parasites, in this case a plant that feeds on wasps that feed on plants. The oak leaf gall wasp invades oak trees and induces them to develop galls, or abnormal growths, that the wasps use to draw nutrition from and lay their eggs in.
A research team led by Scott Egan of Rice University noticed a vine among collected galls that seem to have attached suction cups to the galls.So, Dr. Egan went back to the Florida sand live oak forest…
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