brown-tail moth
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population control by tachinid fly
- In tachinid fly
…control the spongy moth and brown-tail moth attacks more than 200 species of caterpillars. The means of entering the host has become highly evolved among tachinids. Certain tachinid flies attach eggs to their victim’s exoskeleton. When they hatch, the larvae burrow through the exoskeleton. Others deposit living larvae either directly…
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