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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Lemon-tree Borer Parasite

Diachasmimorpha longicaudata

Not Evaluated

About

A parasitoid of fruit fly larvae that has been released worldwide for biological control of tephritid pests. Females locate host larvae concealed inside ripening fruit using their long ovipositors.

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Did You Know?

She can pierce through the rind of a mango or guava to deposit an egg directly onto a fruit fly maggot inside.