John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

If you love tomatoes, you will love what the Braconid wasp can do for you. An enemy of the dreaded tomato hornworm, this wasp lays its eggs just under the skin on the back of the worm. When the ...

Tomato branches with missing leaves will be evident. Once large caterpillars are found, they are often parasitized by tiny braconid wasps. The cocoons of these wasps look like grains of rice attached ...

When the larvae hatch, the juvenile wasps consume the insect for food. One class of such wasps, braconid wasps, insert bracoviruses along with their eggs to suppress the host caterpillar’s immune ...