The Nebraska Extension held a Crop Production Clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the UNL Panhandle Research Extension and ...

The hilarious video of a cat that got into trouble after messing with a wasp is making internet users burst into laughter!

tI’s a scene straight out of your worst nightmare: dozens of tiny, milky larvae wriggle out of their still-living caterpillar host, leaving behind the scarred, gaping holes from whence they emerged.

While wasps are also important to the natural environment, their predation on monarch butterfly caterpillars means that only very few survive. If you want to protect monarch butterflies in your ...

Delve into the dark world of parasitic wasps and discover their grisly takeovers of living caterpillars. Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game, and it's easy for caterpillars to fall victim to some ...

Trichogramma wasps seek out caterpillar eggs and are usually less than a millimeter in length. You can purchase parasitoid wasps to control a variety of pests. Many are from the trichogramma group of ...

Parasitoic wasp larvae emerging from a live peacock butterfly... Parasitoid wasp larvae emerging from a live peacock butterfly caterpillar Alysia braconid wasp cleaning itself on green leaf. Macro ...

General predatory insects such as lady beetles and green lacewings often prey upon the egg stage and on young caterpillars. Another important predator is the paper wasp, Polistes spp. This common wasp ...

Most Chrysonotomyia wasp species attack herbivores like caterpillars or moths. “We’ve discovered this interaction that could open up a whole avenue of scientific discovery where there may be many ...

They may only attack one type of insect, such as caterpillars, or in some cases, one species. The adults will look for hosts to lay their eggs on or in. Once the egg hatches, it will feed on its host, ...