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Notes: Results indicate that the three Aphytis spp. are able to distinguish unparasitized from parasitized hosts; they are able to 'count' the number of parasite eggs on a previously parasitized host and prefer to lay on hosts containing the lowest number of parasite eggs when meeting parasitized hosts.