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| Parasites brought in from Europe by entomologists destroy a large number of European corn borers and have become an important control factor, particularly in Eastern United States. When released in infested cornfields, they seek out borers and lay eggs in or on them. When the eggs hatch, the immature parasites feed on the borers and in so doing eventually destroy them.
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