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The free–living first–instar larvae of Strepsiptera (Insecta) are the infective stage of the parasitoid. They normally enter the host via the abdominal cuticle, and there have also been reports of entry via the egg of the host. The first–instar larvae of Stichotrema dallatorreanum Hofeneder in Papua...