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A two-toned caterpillar parasite - a newly emerged adult wasp from a host pupa.. Heteropelma are often seen flying above sorghum, cotton and other summer crops... Heteropelma stings caterpillars at third instar stage and older, although third and fourth instars (8-23 mm) are preferred...

A two-toned caterpillar parasite - a newly emerged adult wasp from a host pupa.. Heteropelma are often seen flying above sorghum, cotton and other summer crops... Heteropelma stings caterpillars at third instar stage and older, although third and fourth instars (8-23 mm) are preferred...

A two-toned caterpillar parasite - a newly emerged adult wasp from a host pupa.. Heteropelma are often seen flying above sorghum, cotton and other summer crops... Heteropelma stings caterpillars at third instar stage and older, although third and fourth instars (8-23 mm) are preferred...

Adult orchid dupe showing orange and black sections and white spots on side of the body.. Male Lissopimpla excelsa wasps are commonly called the orchid dupe because they are tricked into pollinating orchids... Male Lissopimpla wasps mistake the flowers for females and attempt to mate with the flower, pollinating it in the process...

Adult orchid dupe showing orange and black sections and white spots on side of the body.. Male Lissopimpla excelsa wasps are commonly called the orchid dupe because they are tricked into pollinating orchids... Male Lissopimpla wasps mistake the flowers for females and attempt to mate with the flower, pollinating it in the process...

Adult orchid dupe showing orange and black sections and white spots on side of the body.. Male Lissopimpla excelsa wasps are commonly called the orchid dupe because they are tricked into pollinating orchids... Male Lissopimpla wasps mistake the flowers for females and attempt to mate with the flower, pollinating it in the process...

In cotton they are very effective egg predators and may also feed on pollen... Pests attacked.. Adults and nymphs have piercing and sucking mouthparts that are used to suck juices from their prey...

In cotton they are very effective egg predators and may also feed on pollen... Pests attacked.. Adults and nymphs have piercing and sucking mouthparts that are used to suck juices from their prey...

Image showing nymph of the spined predatory shield bug.. The developmental period from egg to adult takes about 3 weeks and the adult can live for 4-8 weeks... Adults are 12 mm long and have a grey-brown, shield-shaped body with a light marking in the middle of the back and a pair of prominent spines on either side of the shoulder...

Image showing nymph of the spined predatory shield bug.. The developmental period from egg to adult takes about 3 weeks and the adult can live for 4-8 weeks... Adults are 12 mm long and have a grey-brown, shield-shaped body with a light marking in the middle of the back and a pair of prominent spines on either side of the shoulder...