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THERE appears to be no published record of oviposition by an insect in the body of another of its own species. This interesting phenomenon, however, occurs in Nemeritis canescens (Grav.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidæ), a parasite of the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kühniella Zeller) in certain circumstances.
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NARAYANAN, E. ‘Auto-parasitism’ by Nemeritis canescens (Grav.) (Ichneumonidæ). Nature 144, 207 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144207a0
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