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Bug Blog Archives for “January, 2007”
Trichogramma ostriniae
Co-authored and photo by Abby Seaman and Mike Hoffmann of Cornell University.
The Trichogramma are a group of minute wasps (smaller than a needle’s eye) that lay their eggs in pest moth eggs, where the wasp offspring develop, kill the pest larvae, and produce new wasps. One species, Trichogramma ostriniae (TosTtm), was imported from China in 1990 and has been shown to be effective at controlling European corn borer, a serious insect pest of sweet corn, peppers, and potatoes. It may also hold potential against other pests such as cabbage looper, diamond back moth and grape berry moth.
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Crimes in the Country
- 6:42 AM (2806-A) —
- We got a call from a distraught mother moth at 312 County Road. Apparently she had laid some eggs on an orchard tree then moved on to do the same on another tree when she heard a strange buzzing sound behind her. She turned quickly but she was too late. The eggs she had just laid were being injected with the eggs of the perpetrator. The perp was described as a very small 1.5mm, tan and yellow female that appeared to be some sort of wasp-looking creature. We responded and dusted for prints but there were none to be found. We did find evidence in the form of tiny holes in the eggs and we could see a dark spherical shapes inside. With the permission of the mother two eggs were brought back to the forensics lab. Complete lab analysis will be completed in about two weeks according to the pathologist on duty. There is an APB out for the perp.
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