Avispa parasitoide, Ichneumonid salir de agujero en su host, una crisálida de una especie spicebush. Consulte la descripción a continuación para la avispa.
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ID de la imagen: AHYJK2
Descripción en inglés
Ichneumonid wasps are parasitoids. A parasitoid differs from a parasite in that it eventually kills its host. The waps lay an egg in a caterpillar. The developing wasp larva then feeds on the caterpillar host. Eventually, as seen in the picture, the larval wasp matures and leaves the chrysalis of the caterpillar that it has devoured. See image AHYHY2 for the wasp that emerged from this chrysalis.