Silken cocoons of a parasitic wasp, <i>Habrobracon</i> (=<i>Bracon</i>) <i>cushmani</i>, next to the shriveled larva of a grape leaffolder, <i>Desmia funeralis</i>, killed by the parasite. The black pellets are frass (excrement) of the caterpillar.
Silken cocoons of a parasitic wasp, Habrobracon (=Bracon) cushmani, next to the shriveled larva of a grape leaffolder, Desmia funeralis, killed by the parasite. The black pellets are frass (excrement) of the caterpillar.
Credit: Jack Kelly Clark