Nasonia vitripennis is a species of parasitic wasp that survives by infecting and killing different species of flies for the purpose of nesting and laying eggs (Edwards, 1988). The wasp larvae then advance to the pupal stage where they are immobile and can be taken out of the host and observed in a laboratory. The pupae then become adults that copulate and then infect a new host to restart the process (Edwards, 1988). In addition to an easily observable life cycle, Nasonia have been widely utilized in genetic studies due to being haplodiploidy, a reproductive method that relies on ploidy states and egg fertilization to determine sex (Trent et. al., 2006). Offspring that are produced via sexual fertilization and zygote formation become females,
