Editing Strepsiptera (section)

=== Parasitism ===
Strepsiptera of various species have been documented to attack hosts in many orders, including members of the orders [[Zygentoma]] (silverfish and allies), [[Orthoptera]] (grasshoppers, crickets), [[Blattodea]] (cockroaches), [[Mantodea]] (praying mantis), [[Heteroptera]] (bugs), [[Hymenoptera]] (wasps, ants and bees), and [[Diptera]] (flies). In the strepsipteran family [[Myrmecolacidae]], the males parasitize ants, whereas the females parasitize Orthoptera.<ref name="insencyc" /> Members of [[Mengenillidae]] target Zygentoma exclusively,<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=Michael S. |last2=Huang |first2=Diying |last3=Breitkreuz |first3=Laura C.V. |last4=Azar |first4=Dany |last5=Cai |first5=Chenyang |last6=Alvarado |first6=Mabel |date=March 2016 |title=A new twisted-wing parasitoid from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Strepsiptera) |journal=Cretaceous Research |language=en |volume=58 |pages=160–167 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.008|doi-access=free |bibcode=2016CrRes..58..160E }}</ref> whereas Stylopidia targets only [[winged insects]], with a large number of stylopidians targeting wasps and bees, whereas the largest family of strepsipterans, the [[Stylopidae]], with over 27% of all described strepsipterans, targets bees exclusively.<ref name=":4" />

Very rarely, multiple females may live within a single stylopized host; multiple males within a single host are somewhat more common.<ref name="insencyc" />

Strepsiptera of the family Myrmecolacidae can [[Behavior-altering parasite|influence their host's behaviour]], causing their ant hosts to linger on the tips of grass leaves, increasing the chance of being found by strepsipteran males (in the case of females) and putting them in a good position for male emergence (in the case of males).<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/3494966| issn = 0015-4040| volume = 72| issue = 1| pages = 43–51| last = Wojcik| first = Daniel P.| title = Behavioral Interactions between Ants and Their Parasites| journal = The Florida Entomologist| date = 1989| jstor = 3494966| url = https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=23159&content=PDF}}</ref>