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Notes: The literature on egg limitation in parasitoids was reviewed, and partial evidence was found for the life history theory prediction that a nontrivial proportion of parasitoids should exhaust their egg supply during their lifetime. Subsequently, substantial egg limitation was demonstrated in the synovigenic parasitoid Aphytis aonidiae, a uniparental ectoparasitoid of Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Diaspidiotus perniciosus) and probably the dominant natural enemy of this pest in California. The possible factors determining this are discussed.