Parasitoids lay their eggs on or in the body of an insect host, which is then used as a food for developing larvae.
He also had no knowledge of having accidentally ingested an intermediate insect host.
Microfilariae move to the fat body of the insect host.
Once established, phytoplasmas will be found in most major organs of an infected insect host.
The promastigote form is a common morphology in the insect host.
New cases are rare because of a national campaign of elimination of the insect host.
The nematodes provide shelter to the bacteria, which, in return, kill the insect host and provide nutrients to the nematode.
In other words, insect control (mortality) depends on factors like the number of spores applied against the insect host, the formulation and weather conditions.
Mr. Miranda said eradication of greening disease would be more difficult because of its mobile insect host.
Parasitoids are species whose larvae develop on or in a single insect host, ultimately killing or fatally infecting the host.