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Also Known As	parasitoidism

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Two-part illustration showing parasitoid wasps. On the left, a female Ichneumonidae wasp uses her ovipositor to lay eggs inside a host larva beneath tree bark. On the right, the life cycle of a Trichogramma wasp is depicted, with a female laying eggs in a host egg, development from larva to pupa, and an adult wasp emerging.

A green hornworm caterpillar on a plant stem is covered with clusters of small white wasp eggs along its back.

Parasitoid wasp

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