Whole animal physiology; Ion and water relations; Nutrition; Diet; Parasites diseases and disorders; Parasites; Insect parasites; Hosts; Insect hosts; Host parasite relationships; Diseases and disorders; Ecology; Population dynamics; Abiotic factors; Physical factors Mattesia grandis (Neogregarinida ); Glugea gastia (Microsporida ); Bracon mellitor (Braconidae ); Coleopteran hosts; Anthonomis grandis grandis; Host mortality; Reaction of host to parasite; Mortality of Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera) Anthonomus grandis grandis (Curculionidae); Desiccation; Hymenopteran parasites; Bracon mellitor; Protozoan parasites; Glugea gastia & Mattesia grandis; Plant hosts; Gossypium hirsutum (cotton); Mortality factors; Reaction of host to parasite; Mortality due to Bracon (Hymenoptera); Glugea & Mattesia (Protozoa); Diseases; Mortality; Influencing factors; Predators; Formicidae (Hymenoptera); Aridity; Mortality relations; Temperature; Heat, effect on mortality Formicidae; Prey; Anthonomus grandis grandis (Coleoptera); Prey mortality