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Consider the following

Consider the following:
1. Carabid beetles
2. Centipedes
3. Flies
4. Termites
5. Wasps
Parasitoid species are found in how many of the above kind of organisms?

(a)

only two

(b)

only three*

(c)

only four

(d)

all five

Answer:

(b)

Explanation

Paraitoid species are found in Wasp , Flies, Carbid beetles. Parasitoids include species of wasps, flies (e.g. tachinid flies), beetles and worms (e.g. gordian worms). https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/predators-parasites-and-parasitoids/ Termites are primarily detritivores not Parasitoid. Their mechanism of nutrition is different.