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Bean Leaf Beetles Taking Over Your Garden? How to Control Them Before It's Too Late
Tachinid flies are second only to parasitic wasps for controlling pests of vegetable crops. Tachinid flies lay their eggs under the skin of the host pest. Larvae hatch and feed on the host killing ...
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The Parasitoid Fly Ormia ochracea (Diptera: Tachinidae) Can Use Juvenile Crickets as Hosts
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 92, No. 4 (Dec., 2009), pp. 598-600 (3 pages) The parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea uses the calling song of its host Gryllus spp. to locate an area inhabited by potential ...