Timeline for Evolution of hunting behavior of parasitoid wasps
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| Dec 25, 2019 at 18:37 | answer | added | bandybabboon | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 17:13 | vote | accept | sidharth chhabra | ||
| Dec 21, 2019 at 19:28 | answer | added | John | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 20:34 | comment | added | bandybabboon | The common ancestor is thought to have laid eggs on or in wood grubs 247 million years ago. Since then they have evolved into as many as 500,000 species, mostly with a specifif host species. The wasps have had that many generations to make the jump from one type of insect to another, from larvae to crickets to spiders, and they can lay 100ds of eggs. The specifics are very complicated, i don't know, here are some docs: annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151029 and sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/… | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 19:49 | comment | added | sidharth chhabra | @com.prehensible Please show me how you can simplify this behavior. | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 19:48 | comment | added | tyersome | While it doesn't directly address this particular example, you should find this related question and answer to be of interest. In general, complex behaviors (and structures) evolve over very long periods of time as improvements on simpler behaviors. A look at related wasps with simpler "lifestyles" should help you understand how such an "optimized" (note it is probably sloppier than you think) behavioral program can evolve. | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 19:41 | comment | added | sidharth chhabra | @com.prehensible and tyersome thank you for editing my question. | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 19:40 | history | edited | tyersome | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 20, 2019 at 19:24 | comment | added | tyersome | Welcome to Biology.SE! This is an interesting question, but I suspect very hard to answer in just a few paragraphs. We encourage you to do some research on your own and then, informed by what you have learned, ask any questions you still have (ideally with references to reliable sources) or even answer your own question. For example, I found several freely available review articles on this subject by searching using your title. ——— Please also take the tour and then go through the help pages starting with How to Ask questions effectively on this site. Thanks! 😊 | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 18:37 | comment | added | bandybabboon | Please use paragraphs to make text legible to people, especially with complicated phrases. The question could be only 2-3 lines. It's a bit like AI. Evolution is usually about gradual change, so the wasp has always followed a path which has given it good survival rates. The behaviors become complex over time, from simpler to more complex. | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 18:29 | history | edited | bandybabboon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 20, 2019 at 17:23 | history | asked | sidharth chhabra | CC BY-SA 4.0 |