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Two-part illustration showing parasitoid wasps. On the left, a female Ichneumonidae wasp uses her ovipositor to lay eggs inside a host larva beneath tree bark. On the right, the life cycle of a Trichogramma wasp is depicted, with a female laying eggs in a host egg, development from larva to pupa, and an adult wasp emerging. A green hornworm caterpillar on a plant stem is covered with clusters of small white wasp eggs along its back. Parasitoid wasp

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Modified title of Web site: Berkeley Univeristiy of California College of Natural Resources - Biology and Host Relationships of Parasitoids. Dec 28, 2015
Add new Web site: Berkeley Univeristiy of California College of Natural Resources - Biology and Host Relationships of Parasitoids. Sep 14, 2015
Add new Web site: Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Biological Control - Parasitoids. Sep 14, 2015
New article added. Jun 05, 2009
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