Wasps Use Parasitic Mites As Baby Bodyguards

see the instinct of these tiny creatures just to survive!

@dehbee: parasites feed off a host bringing no benefit to the host. numbers has nothing to do with it.

you could be a parasite living off your parents, bringing no benefit whatsoever to the household, and there's only one of you!

jks ;)

the mites should be reclassified as symbiotic, not parasitic, since they are beneficial to each other.

any living creature is considered a parasite when theres too much of one animal.

plucky mites

Need to survive.

If it works, why not copy it?

it is... but also a very difficult one for me as I like to draw a metaphor if possible, and I like to think humans will not choose parasitism, so I hope there is a distinction we can handle.

I wonder if this mite only infests wasps as I suspect... or if this mite also infects other insects as a parasite.

If it happens on such a small scale, why could it not happen in the Universe? Do you believe in aliens/UFO's?

Just shows You The Power of Natural Mutualistic Paratism