Impact of the parasitic wasp Nasonia spp. (Walker, 1836) Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on populations of bird blowflies Protocalliphora spp. Hough, 1899 (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Abstract

In this work we focused on the prevalence of infection of Nasonia spp in pupae of Protocalliphora spp collected from nests n of different avian hosts from different sites in Slovakia Our research was focused on the impact of this parasitoid wasp on bird blowflies under natural conditions We studied its occurrence which was of all nests where bird blowflies were present The consequent mortality of host populations was with the number of wasps localized in individual pupa estimated on almost The aim of this work was to show that parasitoid wasp Nasonia spp significantly affects populations of Protocalliphora spp under natural conditions and that they have important role in regulation of population of bird blowflies