This egg mass has been successfully parasitized by Gonatocerus wasps. Each egg
of Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar), the glassy-winged sharpshooter, now has single Gonatocerus pupae inside it, which will soon eclose to an adult wasp.
Photograph by: Chris Tipping, University of Florida
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