Answer to Question #204463 in Ecology for Teresa Harvey

Question

Identify and define the symbiotic relationship down below. Reference each species in your answer.

The female spider hawk wasp stings and paralyzes spiders in order to lay their eggs in its body. The baby wasps then hatch and eat the still-living spider.

Answer 1

The type of symbiotic relationship in the question is parasitism. This is because parasitism is a close relationship between two different organisms where one organisms benefits and the other is harmed from the association.

The female spider hawk wasp lays its eggs in the abdomen of the spider. The spider is eventually eaten by the 

growing wasp larvae.