The Sirex Woodwasps And Their Insect Enemies… 1930-1939

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Reel 2. Two insect parasites attack the woodwasp. The first, Ibalia leucospoides lays her eggs inside the bodies of the woodwasp larvae. We see the insect laying finding a woodwasp hole and injecting her eggs. X-ray shot of woodwasp with a parasite egg inside it. C/U of the parasite's head. The parasite...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
71136
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:26:20:00 / 01:37:45:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1827.04
Issue Date:
1930 - 1939

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