(June 8, 2021 at 11:32 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: The term host likewise requires a symbiotic relationship between separate species. But let me guess, you just meant "like a host."
Kleptoparasitism may be intraspecific (the parasite is the same species as the victim) or interspecific (the parasite is a different species). In the latter case, the parasites are commonly close relatives of the organisms they parasitize ("Emery's Rule").
Kleptoparasitism