Parasitoids are organisms, typically insects, whose larvae live as parasites inside other insects and eventually kill them. The adult stages are free-living, which distinguishes parasitoids from true parasites, which do not generally kill their hosts directly.

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A Parasitoid Is

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A parasitoid is

A) an insect with a parasitic larval stage and a free-living adult stage.
B) an organism that mimics but is not, in fact, a true parasite.
C) an organism that is facultatively parasitic.
D) an bacteria with an requirement for a specific host for development.
E) a parasitic insect that never actually kills its host.

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