Diachasmimorpha longicaudata
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Description: Provides photographs and a description of this parasitic wasp, its life history, behavior and use as a biological control.
a parasitoid wasp - Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Ashmead (Wharton 1987) is a solitary braconid wasp parasitoid of (Loew), larvae. The Caribbean fruit fly is one of a group of major fruit pests that occur in the new world tropics and subtropics. Caribbean fruit flies, which infest more than 80 species of fruit, were accidently introduced into south Florida in 1965. This has raised concern because the fly will oviposit in very ripe citrus fruits, threatening foreign markets in countries where the fly has not been detected. It resulted in establishment of quarantines on fruit shipped to Japan, as well as on interstate shipments to Arizona, California, Hawaii and Texas. Fruit must be fumigated with methyl bromide, undergo cold treatment, or be shipped from protocol areas (fly-free or bait-sprayed). The upcoming ban on methyl bromide and the high cost of cold treatment, as well as the growing concern for avoiding environmental damage from pesticides, led to more emphasis on biological control. The parasite
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| Page title: | a parasitoid wasp - Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) |
| Keywords: | parasitoid wasp Diachasmimorpha longicaudata Hymenoptera Braconidae |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |