A Braconid Wasp

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Family Braconidae - BugGuide
Diachasmimorpha longicaudata - University of Florida

I found this tiny braconid wasp on my arm on March 30, 2014.

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On January 14, 2017, I found a cotton ball-like white mass on a mondo grass blade. It was a collection of small cocoons made by braconid larvae that had left the insect victim, often a caterpiller, on which their mother had laid eggs, and which the larvae had eaten alive from the inside out. Adults consume nectar and pollen.

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