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In the context of biological pest control strategies used within Integrated Pest Management, a specific category of beneficial organism is typically similar in size to the host insect it attacks, ultimately causes the death of that host, but unlike a predator, requires only a single host individual throughout its own development into a free-living adult. What is this category of natural enemy called?
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