Nigel Cattlin / Encyrtid wasp (Leptomastix dactylopii) adult parasitoid wasp, a parasite of Mealybug pests, used in biological control for protected crops, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / The exit hole of a Parasitoid wasp (Metaphycus helvolus) in the shell of its Soft scale insect host (Saissetia coffeae), England, UK. February.

Nigel Cattlin / Encyrtid wasp (Leptomastix dactylopii) adult parasitoid wasp, a parasite of Mealybug pests, used in biological control for protected crops, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Encyrtid wasp (Leptomastix dactylopii) adult parasitoid wasp, a parasite of Mealybug pests used in biological control for protected crops, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Parasitoid wasp (Metaphycus helvolus) a parasite of scale insects and used in biological pest control, England, UK.

Doug Wechsler / Chalcidoid wasp (Ooencyrtus kuvanae) resting on Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) egg mass, New Jersey, USA. August.

Jiri Lochman / Parasitic wasp (Fulgoridicida sp.) laying eggs into Planthopper (Platybrachys sp.) egg cocoon, Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Western Australia. December. (Encyrtidae)

Marie Lochman / Parasitic wasp (Fulgoridicida sp.) laying eggs into Planthopper (Platybrachys sp.) egg cocoon, Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Western Australia. December. (Encyrtidae)

John Abbott / Chalcid wasp (Encyrtidae sp) larva, Conecuh national forest, Alabama, USA. (Chalcidoidea).

Nigel Cattlin / Parasitoid wasp (Encyrtus infelix) adult commercial biological control parasitoid with scale insect host pests in protected crops

Nigel Cattlin / Parasitoid wasp (Encyrtus infelix) adult commercial biological control parasitoid with scale insect host pests in protected crops

Nigel Cattlin / Parasitoid wasp (Encyrtus infelix) adult commercial biological control parasitoid with scale insect host pests in protected crops