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Notes: This European predator of Parthenolecanium corni, Eulecanium tiliae and Physokermes hemicryphus introduced into Virginia; in this experiment Parthenolecanium quercifex, Kermes kingi and Physokermes hemichryphus were consumed as hosts in the spring, but not in the fall.