Tag: pupae

• Question of the Week – Parasitic Wasp Pupae

  

  This week, the question was: What is the white-colored stuff on this beet leaf? This is a cluster of parasitic wasp pupae. The adult wasp would have laid eggs into a caterpillar to provide food for the developing larvae. The larvae develop inside the caterpillar and then exit it to pupate, usually killing it in…

  Justin Ballew

  May 25, 2023

  Question of the Week

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