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Deepwater Rice - Yellow Stem Borer illustrations - Life Stages

Adults






Egg masses




The Scelionid wasp Telenomus which lays its eggs in the ysb eggs


Larvae

In the elongated stem internodes..
feeding without causing serious (growth-affecting) "damage"


In the apical node - note severe damage to all the terminal matter...
with the inevitable result being a whitehead

Pupa in situ, note silk tube to exit hole and nodal roots
Pupa in situ


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©2000 - Brian Taylor CBiol FIBiol FRES
11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K.

Visiting Academic in the Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham

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