Evidence is presented for a fast-slow continuum of life-history traits across 474 species of parasitoid Hymenoptera. Individuals from more fecund parasitoid taxa invest less in each egg, lay eggs at a faster rate and start to reproduce sooner after eclosion than individuals from less fecund parasitoid taxa, as is the case in the other animal taxa studied. There is a positive relationship between adult size and fecundity, when egg size is controlled for by partial correlation. -from Author
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T. M. Blackburn (1991) studied this question.