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Encarsia - Encarsia formosa
Copyright © 2017 John Schneider

Encarsia - Encarsia formosa
Bering Ditch, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
December 3, 2016
Size: ~0.7 mm
Found parasitized whitefly pupa on Celtis sp. on Dec. 2, 2016.
Adult Encarsia sp. emerged on Dec. 13.
Specimen sent to Dr. Andrew Polaszek, who said it "appear[s] to be Encarsia formosa... [the specimen] has a strange colour pattern due to its being killed before all the pigment has developed. This happens quite often." He also said that the species is cosmopolitan.

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Contributed by John Schneider on 11 March, 2017 - 8:41pm
Last updated 16 December, 2023 - 10:38pm

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