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Fungus ridden Aphid - Praon
Copyright © 2011 JC Jones

Fungus ridden Aphid - Praon

Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
March 26, 2011
Size: ~3mm
Found on Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)

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Contributed by JC Jones on 26 March, 2011 - 1:56pm
Last updated 14 April, 2011 - 4:28pm

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Moved
Moved from Aphids.
Praon is the only aphid parasitoid that makes its cocoon under the aphid mummy rather than inside it.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 April, 2011 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

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Parasitoid induced mummy of Macrosiphum.
… Andrew Jensen, 1 April, 2011 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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