Exothecinae
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The Exotheciane are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps.
Parasitoid wasp
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Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthr
Megarhyssa macrurus (Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid, ovipositing into its host through the wood of a tree. The body of a female is c. 2 inches (50 mm) long, with an ovipositor c. 4 inches (100 mm) long.
Spider wasp (Pompilidae), an idiobiont, carrying a jumping spider she has just paralysed back to her nest, where she lays an egg on it.
but endoparasitic koinobiont wasp larvae eventually fill its body and kill it.
Hornworm with parasitic wasp cocoons