![Amateur Entomologists' Society home page [Logo]](/images/aes-logo-wplant.gif){kind=logo}
Endoparasite
An endoparasite is a parasite that lives inside another animal but does not kill it. Strepsipterans are endoparasites on other insects such as plantbugs and some bees and wasps.
An illustration of a male strepsipteran.
Illustration by Halvard.
Related terms
- Botfly
- Bubonic plague
- Ectoparasite
- Ectoparasitoid
- Endoparasitoid
- Host
- Kleptoparasite
- Malaria
- Parasite
- Parasitism
- Vector
Related pages on this web site
Back to Glossary
If you have found this glossary useful please consider supporting the Amateur Entomologists' Society by becoming a member or making a donation.