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Show Corn Borer's Enemy A tiny wasp, a parasite that lives on and eventually kills the larvae of the European corn borer, has been discovered in Italy and is being investigated in-vestigated by entomologists of United Unit-ed States Department of Agriculture with a view to its introduction into the borer-infested area in this country. coun-try. The insect belongs to the group known as the braconids, which lay their eggs within the bodies of other insects. The wasp larvae feed within with-in the bodies of their unwilling hosts, literally eating them to hollow hol-low shells. Then they spin cocoons, from which adult Insects emerge, ready to hunt out other victims for their fatal eggs. |