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ABSTRACT

When a Microplitis croceipes (Cresson) female emerges as an adult she may not be located in a habitat suitable for her host. Even if she is in a suitable habitat, there may
not be hosts present. She must locate suitable hosts for oviposition, if she is to successfully reproduce. Numerous stimuli are involved in mediating the behaviors that result in the female parasitoid contacting suitable hosts. These stimuli and the behaviors they mediate are reviewed in this paper.