Smithsonian Report. 1940.^ White 



PLATE 2 



A SOLDIER Bug Attacks the Larva of the Bean Beetle by piercing 

 Body With a Sharp Beak and Sucking the body Contents. 



Photograph by Iloward. 



2. Parasitic Fly. 



The adult parasite, Paradexodes epUachnae, deposits its eggs on the body of the bean beetle larva, the newly 

 hatched maggot of the parasite enters the body of the bean beetle larva and feeds and grows with its host: 

 However, the host dies as it nears maturity as the result of the parasite's feeding. Photograph by Howard. 



