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THE STATUS OF NASONIA VITRIPENNIS AS A NATURAL PARASITE OF THE HOUSE FLY, MUSCA DOMESTICA12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. F. Legner
E. F. Legner
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Control, University of California Citrus, Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station, Riverside, California
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Abstract

Inferences regarding the value of Nasonia vitripennis in the natural control of Musca domestica based on laboratory research should consider the general absence of this parasite on that host in nature. Predominant natural parasites of M. domestica are listed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 3 , March 1967 , pp. 308 - 309
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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