Parazytoidy – wrogowie motyli dziennych
Parasitoids – enemies of butterflies

Summary/Abstract: Parasitoids are mainly insects whose larva develop by feeding on or in the bodies of other arthropods (mainly immature insects, including butterflies). In contrast to the classical parasites they always lead to the death of their hosts, moreover as adults they are free living, eating mostly pollen, nectar or honeydew, sometimes haemolymph. Parasitoids of butterflies fall into two insect orders, Hymenoptera and Diptera. The article describes the various development strategies of parasitoids in relation to the different stages of development of the host, and describes the most important problems with location of hosts and with defeating their immune system.

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