Editing Parasitism (section)

==== Illustrations ====

Examples of the major variant strategies are illustrated.

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File:Pteromalid hyperparasitoid.jpg|A hyperparasitoid [[Pteromalidae|pteromalid wasp]] on the cocoons of its host, itself a parasitoid [[braconid wasp]]
File:Maculinea arion Large Blue Upperside SFrance 2009-07-18.jpg|The [[large blue]] butterfly is an [[ant mimicry|ant mimic]] and social parasite.
File:Eastern Phoebe-nest-Brown-headed-Cowbird-egg.jpg|In [[Brood parasite|brood parasitism]], the host raises the young of another species: here a [[cowbird]]'s egg in an [[Eastern phoebe]]'s nest.
File:Great Skua (cropped).jpg|The [[great skua]] is a powerful [[Kleptoparasitism|kleptoparasite]], relentlessly pursuing other seabirds until they disgorge their catches of food.
File:Северная церапия (cropped).jpg|The male of the [[anglerfish]] species ''[[Ceratias holboelli]]'' lives as a tiny [[sexual parasite]] permanently attached below the female's body.
File:Encarsia perplexa.jpg|''[[Encarsia perplexa]]'' (centre), a parasitoid of [[citrus blackfly]] (lower left), is also an adelphoparasite, laying eggs in larvae of its own species
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