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Trichogramma wasp - Tricogrammatidae
Identifying natural enemies > parasitoids > trichogramma wasp
Adults: Minute. Often yellow or yellow and black. Red eyes. Length 0.5 mm.

Eggs: Female deposits an egg inside the egg of the host insect.

Larvae: Hatch inside and feed on the host eggs.

Pupae: Pupation occurs within the parasitized egg. Adults emerge in 7-10 days. One or more individuals develop within the same host egg. Parasitized eggs are often black; a small hole in the host egg indicates the wasp emerged.

Hosts: Moth eggs, including corn earworm, European corn borer, diamondback moth, and tomato and tobacco hornworm. 		Trichogramma wasp
 
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This information was developed for the publication Identifying Natural Enemies in Field Crops by Mary Gardiner, Christina DiFonzo, Michael Brewer and Takuji Noma, MSU Extension bulletin E2949.
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12/21/06