The Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia Reduces Longevity But Seems Essential for Ongoing Culture of the Parasitoid Wasp, Diadegma Semiclausum , a Commercially Important Biocontrol Agent

We highlight the resilience of the Wolbachia infection in Diadegma semiclausum wasps but also its potential costs at a high density. Future work could explore whether artificial selection could produce strains that exhibit better performance under mass-rearing conditions.