# Predators - [[2024-0528. Predators and parasitoids help keep plant-eating insects in check.]][^1] - [[2024-0420. A parasitoid is 'an organism that spends part of its life as a parasite and part as a predator'.]][^2] --- - *See also:* [[Parasitoids]]. [^1]: ‘[[Australian Museum. ‘Predators, parasites and parasitoids’, 2022.|Predators, parasites and parasitoids]]’, *Australian Museum*, updated 6 April 2022, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/predators-parasites-and-parasitoids/. [^2]: Michael Allaby (ed.), *A Dictionary of Zoology* (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020), 5th edn., s.v. ‘parasitoid’, https://www-oxfordreference-com.rp.nla.gov.au/view/10.1093/acref/9780198845089.001.0001/acref-9780198845089-e-6370.