What are social parasites?what is brood parasitism??what is adelpho parasite??explain with all possible examples..
Social parasites take advantage of interactions between members of social organisms such as ants ar termites.
In brood parasitism, example cuckoo, they do not raise their own offsprings and lay their eggs in other bird's nest who raise them as their own.
In adelpho parasitism a parasite is closely related to the host species. Example- citrus blackfly parasitoid, Encarsia perplexa, unmated females of which lay haploid eggs in the fully developed larvae of their own species. These result in the production of male offsprings.
In brood parasitism, example cuckoo, they do not raise their own offsprings and lay their eggs in other bird's nest who raise them as their own.
In adelpho parasitism a parasite is closely related to the host species. Example- citrus blackfly parasitoid, Encarsia perplexa, unmated females of which lay haploid eggs in the fully developed larvae of their own species. These result in the production of male offsprings.