Widow Spider Parasitoids Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and Baeus latrodecti Dozier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
Vol. 2012 No. 2, Historical Fact Sheets
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Widow Spider Parasitoids Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and Baeus latrodecti Dozier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae): EENY515/IN919, 1/2012

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https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in919-2012
Published 2012-02-29
Christopher S. Bibbs
Lyle J. Buss
University of Florida
Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway), a parasitoid of the widow spiders in Latrodectus Walckenaer, perched on the egg sac of a brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus Koch.
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Bibbs, Christopher S., and Lyle J. Buss. 2012. “Widow Spider Parasitoids Philolema Latrodecti (Fullaway) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and Baeus Latrodecti Dozier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae): EENY515/IN919, 1/2012”. EDIS 2012 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in919-2012.
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Abstract

There are limited records of pathogens, parasites, and parasitoids known to affect widow spiders. This 4-page fact sheet describes what is known about two parasitoids, and observations from rearing them in the lab. Written by Christopher S. Bibbs and Lyle J. Buss, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, January 2012.

EENY515/IN919: Widow Spider Parasitoids Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and Baeus latrodecti Dozier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) (ufl.edu)

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