Talk:Entomophagous parasite

Parasitoid Insects
This would be a far better title for the article as it only talks from some length on the subject and not on any of the multitude of insects that prey on other insects and that by extention are also entomophagous, while the final paragraphs would be better inserted in the articles or sections about social insects and on insect reproductive strategies. Dracontes 13:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

contradictions
This article has numerous contradictions, in re: article states adults "always lead free lives", yet cites Strepsiptera, which frequently live inside their host. Article's lead sentence implies all insects that are parasitic on other insects are entomogphagous, but then states criteria which are clearly contradictory in many exemplars which follow.

Article devolves into a hodge-podge of definitions and examples of different types of parasite. It appears a shotgun approach to defining parasites, and as such is extremely confusing and in desperate need of refinement. Can an expert help?Nickrz (talk) 00:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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I restructured this article somewhat. However, various portions of this article should probably be moved to other pages, and this article dissolved. This article contains two distinct rubrics, parasitoids and social parasitism, only one of which is entomophagous. Moreover, the term entomophagous parasite itself is not restricted to, as the article says, insects parasitizing insects, but ANY organism parasitizing insects. It is not clear whether this article is about entomophagy or parasitism... (21 February 2011) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.253.56.20 (talk) 05:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


 * This has been hanging about unresolved for many years now. The IP was correct, social parasitism had nothing to do with the topic, so I removed it. The IP is also correct that the article is confused about entomophagy and being a parasitoidal insect; there are articles on both, and they don't have much to do with each other, really. The article consists of WP:SYNTH, or "a muddle" to use a plain word for it. Since it was attempting to discuss insect parasitoids, I shall just redirect it; the alternative is straight deletion. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:30, 30 November 2016 (UTC)