Q. Consider the following:
1. Carabid beetles
2. Centipedes
3. Flies 4. Wasps
Parasitoid species are found In how many of the above kind of organisms?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
A parasitoid is an organism that has young that develop on or within another organism (the host), eventually killing it. Parasitoids have characteristics of both predators and parasites.
Option 1, 3 and 5 are corect. Parasitoids include species of wasps, flies (e.g. tachinid flies), carbid beetles and worms (e.g. gordian worms).
Option 2 is incorrect. Some Centipedes are predators, but they are not parasitoids.
Option 4 is incorrect. Unlike most insects, termites have no known parasitoids.
Source: https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/predators-parasites-and-parasitoids/
https://zoo-web02.zoo.ox.ac.uk/group/west/pdf/West-Para-2001.pdf

