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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Grain Pteromalid

Anisopteromalus calandrae

Not Evaluated

About

A tiny parasitoid of grain weevil and bruchid beetle larvae concealed inside stored cereal grains. It is widely used in biological control of stored-product pests.

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Did You Know?

Females can detect beetle larvae hidden inside wheat kernels by drumming on the grain surface with their antennae.