Reveals gregarine infection levels in beetles, indicating larval density influences infection rates.
• High gregarine infection levels found in wild beetles of Phaedon cochleariae. • Larval density affects gregarine infection levels at later life stages. • Gregarine DNA can be found in pupae as well as on the pupal surface. • Histology confirms gamontocyst life stages inside of pupae.
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