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Coccophagus, Pteromalus, Mesosela, Agonioneurus; besides Aphidius, a minutely sized genus of Ichneumonidæ.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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A hole can be seen on the abdomen of a cereal oat aphid carcass after an Aphidius wasp laid an egg, which then hatched in the body of the aphid at Robin's Flower Pot in Farmington.
Sun Journal 2010
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Owner Robin Jordon is using colonies of the cereal oat aphid to populate the parasitic Aphidius wasp, which primarily preys on the common greenhouse pest, the green peach aphid.
Sun Journal 2010
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An Aphidius wasp perches on a blade of grass in a greenhouse at Robin's Flower Pot in Farmington.
Sun Journal 2010
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Another parasitic wasp, Aphidius colemani, sold under the brand name Aphipar, is used for the aphids.
unknown title 2009
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Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae) mummies?
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Brent J. Sinclair et al. 2009
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Pea aphids can be agricultural pests and Aphidius ervi, the wasp the researchers tested, is used to control aphid populations.
Media Newswire 2009
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"The result of this little fragment of work _was to send two genera and fourteen species to the cemetery_ -- you may call it Mt. Synonym Cemetery, if you choose -- while the insect involved is now _Aphidius testaceipes_.
Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation George McCready Price
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