Life stages
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- Egg development
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- Unparasitised egg (left) versus parasitised egg (right)
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- Neonate emerging from egg
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- Helicoverpa armigera larva
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- Helicoverpa punctigera larva
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- H. armigera larva (left) has light hairs; H. punctigera larva (right) has dark hairs
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- Larvae colour and patterning can be highly variable
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- Female (left) and male (right) H. armigera moths
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- Male (top) and female moths showing the light hindwing patch of H. armigera (left)
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- Pupal tail spines are more widely spaced in H. armigera (left)
Parasitoid and disease symptoms
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- Nomuraea-infected larva
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- NPV-infected larva
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- Netelia (parasitoid wasp) egg laid on larva
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- Microplitis larva removed from helicoverpa larva
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- Microplitis pupal case attached to larval host
