Talk:Hyperparasite
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editOriginally, this was a redirect to parasitoid, but that was wrong, so I changed it. --The Kytan Apprentice (talk) 23:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
poem
editi like this one much better, both because of its rhyme and because the whole poem is about parasitism rather than just a few lines:
Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on;
While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.
From Siphonaptera (poem). I've said this aloud mahybe a hundred times. Or is this not as good because it's not accurate? I dont know... both poems end with the same implication of an infinite succession of fleas. Lollipop (talk) 03:20, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
lampreys
editwould lampreys count as parasites for the purposes of this, or do we not generally inclide micropredators? Lollipop (talk) 03:18, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
Needs to be further generalized
editThe article currently focuses almost exclusively on hyperparisitism within the context of etymology. There are many other groups that hyperparasitism is found in and the terms and processes that apply in the case of insects (e.g. laying eggs) don't apply universally. E.g. hyperparasitic fungi such as Cicinnobolus.
I don't have time to add to it significantly right now but I think looking for articles that link to this article could help find more examples and broader information. Williamspete001 (talk) 04:28, 2 February 2026 (UTC)