What I found most interesting is that the wasp young do not have a larval and pupa stage, nor appear to be a nymph, like most insects. It looked like winged adult as it emerged from the aphid it was hatched in.
July 30, 2009
alex said...
I guess it would be something along the lines of Encarsia Formosa, a parisitic wasp, mainly used for biological control in greenhouse environments. Very efficient, i've seen them used with great success in the Eden project.
July 31, 2009
Moneca sent us a video to follow up on our fire ant killing phorid fly.
Here's a black wasp, who turns out to be quite adept at controlling aphid colonies. Watch her as she injects eggs into as many as 200 individual aphids with surgical precision. Watch the waspling grow, kill the aphid, and emerge.
Thanks, Moneca.
posted by Raging Wombat at 5:17 AM on Jul 24, 2009
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Close this window Jump to comment formOops, that should read, "to follow up on our fire ant killing phorid FLY."
July 29, 2009
Thanks, Joe. I fixed it.
July 29, 2009
Gross, gross, gross...Yay! It is always twisted fun to read your site.
July 29, 2009
What I found most interesting is that the wasp young do not have a larval and pupa stage, nor appear to be a nymph, like most insects. It looked like winged adult as it emerged from the aphid it was hatched in.
July 30, 2009
I guess it would be something along the lines of Encarsia Formosa, a parisitic wasp, mainly used for biological control in greenhouse environments. Very efficient, i've seen them used with great success in the Eden project.
July 31, 2009