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Encarsia pergandiella (Aphelinidae) & Bemisia tabaci (Aleyrodidae)
Arizona, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2008

Biocontrol wasps attacking Bemisia tabaci whitefly larvae.  These tiny wasps are less than a millimeter in length.

 
Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona


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This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D, using a Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens.