Figure 9. A healthy Frankliniella fusca female with (A) a robust reproductive system with developing eggs in the ovary; transmission electron micrographs showing (B) an ovariole in a healthy female with distinct follicle cells surrounding the developing oocyte and (C) the tight ladderlike extensions between the oocyte and follicle cell, the abundance of organelles in the oocyte, and the well-defined nucleus in the follicle cell; (D) a F. fusca female parasitized by Thripinema fuscum with a reduced reproductive system with atrophied ovary; transmission electron micrographs showing (E) the displacement of host ovarioles as a result of the numerous juvenile nematodes in abdominal haemocoele and (F) the tears in the ladder-like connections between the oocyte and follicle cell, the depletion of organelles in the oocyte, and the poorly defined nucleus. Abbreviations: n, nucleus; nem, nematode; org, organelles, ov, ovariole. Scale bars: A, D, 0.5 mm; B, E, 10 µm; C, F, 2 µm.