Sugarcane Borer Egg Parasitoid vs Wroughton's Army Ant

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Sugarcane Borer Egg Parasitoid Wroughton's Army Ant
Scientific Name Trichogramma galloi Aenictus wroughtonii
Order Hymenoptera Hymenoptera
Family Trichogrammatidae Formicidae
Size 0.3-0.5 mm 2-3 mm
Habitat Farmland Heathland
Diet Parasitoids Omnivores
Regions South America India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Sugarcane Borer Egg Parasitoid

A tiny egg parasitoid extensively used in Brazilian sugarcane fields. It is highly effective against the sugarcane borer moth.

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Did You Know?

Brazil releases over 15 billion of these wasps annually to protect its sugarcane crop.

Wroughton's Army Ant

A small reddish-brown army ant that conducts well-organized raids on termite mounds in tropical Asia. Workers are monomorphic and completely blind. Colonies are nomadic, regularly shifting their bivouac sites.

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Did You Know?

Their queens are dichthadiiform, meaning they are permanently wingless with a massively swollen abdomen devoted to egg production.