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Matt Ballinger

@spirophasma.bsky.social

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defensive symbiosis in insects. parasitoids, drosophila, spiroplasma, viruses. assoc prof at MSState.

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Matt Ballinger @spirophasma.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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Matt Ballinger @spirophasma.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

a very quick response from #Drosophila acutilabella saves it from becoming a #parasitoid wasp incubator! see first comment for a successful oviposition.

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Matt Ballinger @spirophasma.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Parasite burden of a single adult Drosophila melanogaster infected by the braconid wasp, Syntretus perlmani. Only one larva finishes developing in Dmel (you can see the unsuccessful competitors in this photo). Look at all of those teratocytes! Maybe more larvae means more teratocytes for the winner.

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Matt Ballinger @spirophasma.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Thank you for the nice shout-out, Mark! Here is an oppressively large Syntretus perlmani larva emerging from Drosophila acutilabella.

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