Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any insect of the family Chalcididæ or the family Proctotrypidæ which lays its eggs in the eggs of other insects.
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Examples
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The Leptus-form larva of Julus, with its strange embryological development, in some respects so like that of some worms, points in that direction, as certainly as does the embryological development of the egg-parasite
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Polynema, another egg-parasite, which lays its eggs (one, seldom two) in the eggs of a small dragon fly, Agrion virgo, which oviposits in the parenchyma of the leaves of waterlilies.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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The development of Ophloneurus, another egg-parasite, agrees with that of Platygaster and Polynema.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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This egg-parasite passes its early life in the eggs of Pieris brassicæ, and two or three live to reach the imago state, though about six eggs are deposited by the female.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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The last egg-parasite noticed by Ganin, is Teleas, whose development resembles that of Platygaster.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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