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| Query: Musca domestica | Result: 33rd of 35 | |
Pteromalid Wasp, Muscidifurax raptor
| Subject: | Pteromalid Wasp, Muscidifurax raptor
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Upload Date: 2007:12:11 14:55:06
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pteromalid wasps
Magnoliopsida > Rhamnales > Rhamnaceae
Muscidifurax raptor Girault and Sanders 1910
Adult(s)
Photo by USDA ARS Photo Unit
Host: house fly Musca domestica Linnaeus
Photographer: USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, United States
Descriptor: Adult(s)
Description: Mucidifurax raptor wasp on a fly puparium. Once the female chooses a suitable puparium host, she lays a single egg in it. The egg hatches, and the wasp larva feeds on the fly pupa.
Image taken in: United States
Image Citation: USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, www.Bugwood.org
Image Use: You must attribute the work in the manner specified (but not in any way that suggests endorsement).
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