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Article History

Received: 16 September 2023

Revised: 3 November 2023

Accepted: 29 December 2023

First Online: 18 January 2024

Declarations

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: Fieldwork was carried out with the permission of the System of Authorization and Information on Biodiversity (SISBIO/ICMBio Authorization No. 52402, Brazil). It complied with Brazil’s current legal and ethical requirements for animal welfare. Parasitized and non-parasitized spiders were captured in the field and kept in a laboratory in the same study area (EBSL). This procedure was adopted to reduce stress related to transportation and sudden changes in weather conditions. During experimental manipulation, parasitoid larvae naturally killed parasitized individuals, while non-parasitized spiders used only for web construction were removed from their webs and released on vegetation. To identify the species, we collected adult female host spiders and parasitoid wasps in the field, which were killed by freezing and stored in 80% alcohol. Voucher specimens of <i>C. migrans</i> were deposited in the arachnid collection at Centro de Coleções Taxonômicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil (curator: Adalberto J. Santos), and wasp specimens were deposited in the Coleção Entomológica do DCBIO/UFES, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil (curator: Marcelo T. Tavares). The studied species <i>C. migrans</i> and <i>Z. alborhombarta</i> are not endangered or protected in Brazil.

: The authors declare no competing interests.