A Samurai Wasp Laying An Egg (IMAGE)

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A Samurai Wasp Laying An Egg

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A samurai wasp (Trissolcus japonicus) lays an egg inside a brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) egg. The samurai wasp's offspring will develop inside the pest's egg and emerge as an adult wasp.

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Warren Wong, Simon Fraser University

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