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Whiteflies on Hypericum - Trialeurodes
Copyright © 2015 MJ Hatfield

Whiteflies on Hypericum - Trialeurodes
Shimek State Forest, Lee County, Iowa, USA
October 24, 2015
Size: <1 mm
Question: can parasitism be determined at this stage by just looking? I think the blackest one is parasitized, the lighter ones not, but what about the partially blackened ones? Thanks.

October 16, 2015: whitefly pupae collected by M. Leoschke on leaves of St. John's-wort, Hypericum sp.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 25 October, 2015 - 7:11am
Last updated 17 January, 2016 - 5:27am

Moved
Moved from Whiteflies.
… MJ Hatfield, 8 November, 2015 - 4:38pm

Whiteflies
Genus Trialeurodes.
… Zachary Lahey, 7 November, 2015 - 8:29pm

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