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The bean beetle parasitic wasp (Pediobius foveolatus) is an effective biological control of the Mexican bean beetle.

A biological control tends to take the form of predatory micro-organisms, such as in the case of Bacillus thuringiensis; or of predatory insects, mites or nematodes. The bean beetle parasitic wasp is an example of the latter. Specifically, the female wasp lays her eggs inside Mexican bean beetle larvae. The eggs hatch and terminally cannibalize their hosts.

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