<i>Tamarixia radiata</i> (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

<i>Tamarixia radiata</i>

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This is a female Tamarixia radiata, highly magnified. The tiny parasitic wasp lays eggs in Asian citrus psyllid nymphs, eventually killing them.

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Jason Mottern, UC Riverside

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