Description: Pic by Rod Lefroy (CIAT). Please credit accordingly. A vial containing the tiny parasitic wasp Anagyrus lopezi, at a release ceremony organised and hosted by the Thai Department of Agriculture in the country's northeastern Khon Kaen province (17 July 2010). It is hoped that the wasp will help tackle the devastating cassava mealybug outbreaks in the country. Please credit accordingly and let us know when you use a CIAT pic. n.palmer@cgiar.org. Date: 17 July 2010, 11:23. Source: Wasp release2. Author: CIAT.
Natural History Museum: Hymenoptera Section
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Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae, TetracneminaeNon-type female collected in ParaguayPhotograph by Natalie Dale-SkeyAnagyrus lopezi is used as an extremely successful biological control agent against the cassava mealybug in subsaharan Africa.
