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Notes: Encapsulation in superparasitization affected 83.3% of all parasitoids in this experiment as compared to only 26.7% of parasitoids in solitary parasitism; encapsulation was more likely when egg laying occurred in the median body zone of host mealybugs, but was not related either to the sequence of eggs deposited or to the duration of egg laying.