Whitefly pupae on Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) - Trialeurodes abutiloneus

Question:

since these are dark in the center, might they be Whitefly parasitoids?

… MJ Hatfield, 17 October, 2015 - 5:48pm

Good question

Maybe, but would all the larvae be affected the same way?

… tom murray, 17 October, 2015 - 7:06pm

I don't know

but I'd guess it's possible that many could be parasitized.
I looked for more images on line and some whiteflies look like they do have dark centers in this (pupa?) stage. But with some of the ones I confined (reared), the dark ones had wasps emerge rather than whiteflies.
Having said this, I know nothing about whiteflies.

… MJ Hatfield, 17 October, 2015 - 8:28pm

Ditto

I don't know anything about these whiteflies either:-)

… tom murray, 17 October, 2015 - 9:08pm

These are "pupae"

...and this species has a diagnostic dark dorsal stripe on the pupa.

… Matt Bertone, 25 August, 2017 - 10:59am

Thanks.

I appreciate learning.

… MJ Hatfield, 25 August, 2017 - 12:31pm

Moved

Moved from Whiteflies.

… tom murray, 10 October, 2012 - 6:54pm