[ **up: [[Arthropods]]** ] --- # Insects / Insecta (Class) [[2024-0528. Predators and parasitoids help keep plant-eating insects in check.|Predators and parasitoids help keep plant-eating insect populations in check. In fact, some plants “actively attract predators and parasitoids by releasing chemicals.”]][^1] --- ## Taxonomy - [[Insects]] - [[Orthoptera (Order)]] - [[Ensifera (Suborder)]] - [[Gryllidea (Infraorder)]] - [[Crickets]] - [[Hymenoptera (Order)]] - [[Aculeata (Infraorder)]] - [[Ants]] - [[Apocrita (Suborder)]] - [[Wasps]] - [[Aculeata (Infraorder)]] - [[Honeybee]] - [[Panorpida (Superorder)]] - [[Antliophora (Clade)]] - [[Dipera (Order)]] - [[Sciomyzoidea (Superfamily)]] - [[Seaweed flies]] --- ## External resources - [Global Biodiversity Information Facility](https://www.gbif.org/) + [Atlas of Living Australia](https://www.ala.org.au/) + [Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC)](https://www.ala.org.au/who-we-are-3/atlas-background/atlas-partners/ala-community/australian-national-insect-collection-anic/) [^1]: ‘[[Australian Museum. ‘Predators, parasites and parasitoids’, 2022.|Predators, parasites and parasitoids]]’, *Australian Museum*, last modified 6 April 2022, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/predators-parasites-and-parasitoids/.