In northern Australia. predation by various insect pests, such as chalcid wasps, may cause considerable seed destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 48] Reference
Notable reptiles include the chalcid skink (Chalcides ocellatus), gray monitor (Varanus griseus), snakes (Oligodon taeniolatus, Lycodon striatus, Coluber spinalis), and the Central Asian cobra (Naja oxiana). From Wordnik.com. [Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe] Reference
When infestations of scale insects in orchards are fought with DDT and dieldrin, chalcid and braconid wasps that parasitize scales are destroyed, and population outbreaks of scale result. 26 Another problem with synthetic chemical controls is that some can take a very long time to break down, remaining toxic for many years. From Wordnik.com. [5. How plants live and grow] Reference
Temperature treatment of Douglas Fir seeds to control the seed chalcid Megastigmus spermotrophus Wachtl. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Many guests were plodding along with the ants, mostly staphylinids of which we secured five species, a brown histerid beetle, a tiny chalcid, and several Phorid flies, one of which was winged. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
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