Formosa bee, it belongs to the family aphid, parthenogenetic, the naked eye is difficult to see, the body length is only about 0.6 mm. It is the natural enemy of white whitefly insects, don't look at the small Formosa bee, its ability can be big. The honeydew secreted by the white whitefly when it is harming the host can attract a large number of adult bees of the family Aphididae to eat the honeydew. While eating the honeydew, the adult bees of these small bees can lay eggs in the nymphs of the white whitefly and hatch into larvae in the nymphs of the white whitefly. The larvae of the small bees feed on the nymphs of the white whitefly and eventually kill the white whitefly.
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