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Entomology Lab
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A lab that uses parasitoid wasps to explore insect diversity and pest control.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the world of insects through tiny parasitoid wasps.
Associate Professor Kazunori Matsuo's lab studies parasitoid wasps, which parasitize other insects, comprehensively, from taxonomic research to applied use.
A parasitoid wasp is a wasp whose mother lays eggs on a host insect, and whose hatched larvae grow by eating the host.
Although they are small, at around 1 mm in body length, they are said to account for about 20% of all insect species, and are regarded as an important taxonomic group for studying biodiversity.
Associate Professor Matsuo focuses on pest damage to crops and livestock, visits production sites in Japan and abroad, and explores ways to achieve stable food production, centered on developing pest control methods.
Key terms
- Parasitoid wasp
- A wasp that parasitizes other insects. The mother lays eggs on a host, and the larvae grow by eating it
- Host
- The insect on which a parasitoid wasp lays its eggs, and which the larvae eat
- Taxonomy
- The field of study that compares the characteristics of living things to distinguish and classify species
ResearchResearch themes
Focusing on parasitoid wasps, which are tiny insects, the lab studies them comprehensively, from taxonomic research to applied use. Associate Professor Matsuo focuses on pest damage to crops and livestock, and explores ways to achieve stable food production, centered on developing pest control methods.
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- Associate ProfessorKazunori Matsuo
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Parasitic Wasp - Flickr - treegrow” Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Taxonomy and ecology of parasitoid wasps: “Picture of an unidentified wasp UK Alconbury Weald 2025 Spring” ISAAC THE BOY / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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