none In a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah (2.25 ha), starfruit, Averrhoa carambola Linn., is the predominant host of Dacus dorsalis . The 4 main parasitoids of D. dorsalis in a decreasing order of abundance were Biosteres arisanus (Sonan), B. vandenboschi (Fullaway), B. longicaudatus (Ashmead) and B. skinerri (Fullaway). It was found that the total eggs and larvae parasitised by their respective parasitoids were highly correlated with the number of eggs (r = 0.87) and larvae (r = 0.92), respectively.