When overwintering, most endoparasitoids are protected from the cold inside their hosts. However, some endoparasitoids, along with ectoparasitoids, fall into the category called outside-hosts-overwintering parasitoids (OHOP) at immature or adult stages. We compared the cold-hardiness capacity and strategy between adult OHOP and their hosts (HOST) by examining their supercooling points (SCP), with acclimation periods and acclimation temperatures, and their lower lethal temperatures at 50% mortality (LLT50). We hypothesized that OHOP are more cold-hardy than their HOST, with lower SCP and LLT50.
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