The parasitic wasp, Dinocampus coccinellae ... Remarkably, the ladybug remains alive after this, remaining immobilized as the larva spins a cocoon between its legs. According to a study published ...

Have you ever seen a big green hornworm chewing on tomato plants with white cocoons on its back? That hornworm has been attacked by a parasitic wasp – he’s a goner, so no control is needed. (See ...

Ladybug zombies The parasitic wasp, Dinocampus coccinellae ... Remarkably, the ladybug remains alive after this, remaining immobilized as the larva spins a cocoon between its legs. According to a ...

Other parasitic wasp species only target fruit flies during ... The wasps then entered a 23-day-long cocoon stage to finish their growth before emerging as adults. The researchers paired the ...

It has been inoculated by a parasitic braconid wasp that laid its ... If you find a hornworm in your tomato patch covered with wasp cocoons, leave it alone. Allow the life cycle of the wasp ...