Question 8

(Multiple Choice)

Nasonia vitripennis is a wasp roughly the size of a Drosophila fly. Adult females drill holes and lay eggs in the pupae of blowflies and related species. These eggs then hatch into larvae, which then eat the pupae. Thus, Nasonia vitripennis is a


A) hemiparasite.
B) parasitoid.
C) microparasite.
D) ectoparasite

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