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Telenomus sp. on Green Lacewing Egg

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OP Victor Engel Forum Pro • Posts: 20,968
Re: Telenomus sp. on Green Lacewing Egg

Mikel10 wrote:

Very interesting. Never saw this before. Thanks for sharing Victor.

Also interesting - I collected the eggs, scraping them off the glass with a razor blade. My purpose was to collect more of the wasps for more detailed closeups. Some of the wasps hatched, but I didn't collect them before the lacewing larvae that were not infected hatched.
These lacewings as larvae collect debris and place it among curved hairs on their backs. By the time I noticed the larvae had hatched, they had cleaned up the place, placing all the wasps, who were by the point dead, on their backs among egg shells and egg stalks.

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