Citation
Adam, Nur Azura and Md Yusof, Nur Athikah and Roseli, Marina
(2013)
Parasitoid.
In:
Nature's Yield and Wonders of Art (NYAWA)13: Insects.
Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor, pp. 32-35.
Abstract
Parasitoid is a term used for insects that play the role of common parasite. They spend a significant portion of their life cycle in or on other organisms whereas the adult parasitoids are free-living creatures. Unlike their closely-related sister group, the wasp, their needle-like appendage, called ovipositor. Is used to lay eggs on or in their victims. The length of the ovipositor ranges from a millimeter up to 10 centimeters. Some species have a longer ovipositor which is 8 times their body length! The length varies deoending on the hots.
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Design and Architecture Putra Science Park |
| Publisher: | Universiti Putra Malaysia Press |
| Keywords: | Insects; Parasitoid; Parasite; Ovipositor. |
| Depositing User: | Norhaliza Zainal |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2014 02:24 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2014 02:45 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32167 |
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