41. Their most important predators are parasitoid wasp and flies that lay their eggs in the beetle larva. 42. It is a parasitoid of the venomous redback spider ( " Latrodectus hasseltii " ). 43. Often a pheromone may be utilized as a kairomone by a predator or parasitoid to locate the emitting organism 44. The parasitoid wasps of " Telenomus " are known to attacks the eggs of this moth. 45. After hatching the larva of the parasitoid attacks the bee larva when it has spun its tough cocoon. 46. Periodic releases of the parasitoid , " Encarsia formosa ", are used to control greenhouse whitefly, 47. Various parasitoid wasps find these galls and lay eggs in the larvae, penetrating the bulb with their ovipositors. 48. Several taxa have been named in Stelfox's honour including a Heterospilus stelfoxi a species of parasitoid wasp. 49. The chalcid wasp " Torymus nitens " is an example of a parasitoid in oak marble galls. 50. This success was repeated in California using the beetle and a parasitoid fly, " Cryptochaetum iceryae ".
