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Natural Enemies of Gratiana boliviana

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Sinea sp. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), assasin bug	Sinea sp. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), assasin bug	Calleida decora (Coleoptera: Carabidae), ground beetle	Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), red imported fire ant
Big eyed bug (Hemiptera:Geocoridae)	Big eyed bug (Hemiptera: Geocoridae)	Stiretrus anchorago (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), predatory stink bug	Big eyed bug (Hemiptera: Geocoridae)
Peucetia sp. (Araneae: Oxyopidae), green lynx spider	Stiretrus anchorago (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), predatory stink bug	Stiretrus anchorago (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), predatory stink bug	Araneae: Araneidae), spider
Sinea sp. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), assasin bug	Sinea sp. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), assasin bug

Parasitoids

Conura side (Walker)-Chalcid parasitoid reared from Gratiana boliviana pupae

Male			Head
Female	Female gaster	Parasitized pupae	Parasitized pupae
Pupae with exit holes

Eulophid parasitoid, Aprostocetus near cassidis, reared from Gratiana boliviana pupae

Pupae with exit hole (compare size with chalcid's)

Eupelmid parasitoid, Eupelmus, reared from Gratiana boliviana pupae

 

 

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