Fopius arisanus is an egg-larval parasitoid of Tephritid fruit flies that is successfully used in biological control of these important tropical pests. We describe here an optimized protocol for rearing F. arisanus on a small scale using readily available materials.
Manoukis, N., Geib, S., Seo, D., McKenney, M., Vargas, R., Jang, E. An Optimized Protocol for Rearing Fopius arisanus, a Parasitoid of Tephritid Fruit Flies. J. Vis. Exp. (53), e2901, doi:10.3791/2901 (2011).