“The larvae of parasitic wasp develop in the bodies of other insects and we think that they are really important. To explain it, if you look out of the window and think about why the Earth is so green when there are so many things that eat leaves, it is because caterpillars are controlled by parasitic wasps. They are extremely abundant and have an enormous effect when deciding the structure of ecosystems as we know it.”
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/10/the-weird-world-of-wasps-and-why-we-should-worry-if-they-are-on-the-wane
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