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Behavioural Responses of Parasites to the Symbiotic Fungus associated with Sirex noctilio F.

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SEVERAL hymenopterous parasites have been released in Australia and New Zealand as possible biological control agents for the woodwasp Sirex noctilio F. These include Ibalia leucospoides (Hochenw.), Rhyssa persuasoria (L.) and Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni (Cresson). I. leucospoides attacks the siricid egg or newly hatched larva, whereas the other two species attack late stage larvae, pupae and (rarely) emerging adults.

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MADDEN, J. Behavioural Responses of Parasites to the Symbiotic Fungus associated with Sirex noctilio F.. Nature 218, 189–190 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218189a0

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