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hemlock woolly adelgid, Leucotaraxis argenticollis fly, and Pachyneuron wasp

hemlock woolly adelgid, Leucotaraxis argenticollis fly, and Pachyneuron wasp

In the effort to manage the hemlock woolly adelgid in eastern North America, two fly species deployed as biological control agents are themselves targeted by parasitoid wasps. A new study examines how these parasitoids affect the flies and other predators of the hemlock pests. Shown here is a hemlock branch infested with hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), left; an adult female Leucotaraxis argenticollis fly, center, whose larvae feed on the adelgid; and a wasp in the genus Pachyneuron that parasitzes L. argenticollis larvae or pupae. (Fly photo courtesy of Cornell University Insect Collection and New York State Hemlock Initiative [NYSHI]. Hemlock and wasp photos courtesy of NYSHI.)

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