Photos of the field work and the wasp that preys on the weevil beetle (IMAGE)

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Photos of the field work and the wasp that preys on the weevil beetle

Caption

1–4. Method for rearing parasitoid from infected beetles. 1. Sugar beet field; 2, 3. Rearing beetles and parasitoids in a laboratory; 4. Parasitoid-infected beetle larva (arrow indicates parasitoid larva); 5. Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1836; 6–9. Eurytoma curculionum Mayr 1878 female, not type; 5, 7. Same, body, dorsal view; 6. Same, body, lateral view; 8. Same, fore wing; 9. Same, antenna.

Credit

Li et al., 2026

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