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Parasitic Braconid Wasp eggs on tomato hornworm. They may also feed on cabbage worms, gypsy moths, and others. The wasp lays eggs under the skin of a host, where they develop and form these little white cocoons on the caterpillar. As the wasp larva grow, they totally deplete the host caterpillar.

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Parasitic Braconid Wasp eggs on tomato hornworm. They may also feed on cabbage worms, gypsy moths, and others. The wasp lays eggs under the skin of a host, where they develop and form these little white cocoons on the caterpillar. As the wasp larva grow, they totally deplete the host caterpillar.
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