| 1317034 |
Braconid wasp |
Psyttalia fletcheri |
Psyttalia fletcheri (shown) is the only fruit fly parasitoid introduced into Hawaii capable of parasitizing the melon fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae). |
| 1319015 |
fire ant decapitating flies |
Pseudacteon spp. |
Fire ants will try hard to avoid the sting of a phorid fly (top, center). Once deposited, an egg quickly hatches into a larva that eventually kills the host by decapitation. Shown about nine times actual size. |
| 1323074 |
Braconid wasp |
Peristenus digoneutis |
A quarter-inch-long parasitic wasp, Peristenus digoneutis, prepares to lay an egg in a tarnished plant bug nymph, Lygus lineolaris. |
| 1323095 |
Braconid wasp |
Biosteres arisanus |
Biosteres arisanus wasps inject their eggs into oriental fruit fly eggs. |
| 1323021 |
Braconid wasp |
Aleiodes indiscretus |
Aleiodes indiscretus wasp parasitizing a gypsy moth caterpillar. |
