Wednesday 31 August 2022

Pests, Predators, and Parasitoids: Wasps Target Flies That Eat Hemlock Woolly Adelgid | Entomology Today

hemlock woolly adelgid, Leucotaraxis argenticollis fly, and Pachyneuron wasp

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In the effort to manage the hemlock woolly adelgid in eastern North America, two fly species deployed as biological control agents are themselves targeted by parasitoid wasps. A new study examines how these parasitoids affect the flies and other predators of the hemlock pests.

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