Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created ...

Studying C. maculate-D. coccinellae interactions in the lab, Dheilly and her colleagues found that the onset of beetle behavioral modification occurred long after the bite and oviposition by the wasp.

As the invasive pest continues to do damage to vast swaths of local farmers coffee farms, agricultural officials are proposing the use of a parasitoid wasp to control the beetle. — Photo ...