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What is a parasite of aphids?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The parasitic wasp Aphidius colemani is a parasite of green peach and melon aphids. The insect in question leaves eggs that hatch inside aphid hosts. The larvae spin cocoons that swell the aphid body sufficiently to exit what will be a brown, hard-shelled aphid mummy two weeks later.

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9y ago

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