Adult Female Mastrus
Adult Female Mastrus

Species name: Mastrus ridibundas

Host: Cocooned late instar codling moth larvae.

Photo credit: T. Unruh, USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA
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Adult Female Mastrus
Adult Female Ascogaster
Adult Female Ascogaster

Species name: Ascogaster quadridentata

Host: Codling moth - attacks egg stage; emerges from late instar larva and spins own cocoon.

Photo credit: USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA
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Adult Female Ascogaster
Adult Female Colpoclypeus
Adult Female Colpoclypeus

Species name: Colpoclypeus florus

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks larvae older than 3rd instar; feeds externally on the larva until it completes development.

Photo credit: V. Jones, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Adult Female Colpoclypeus
Colpoclypeus emergence from host
Colpoclypeus emergence from host

Species name: Colpoclypeus florus

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks larvae older than 3rd instar; feeds externally on the larva until it completes development.

Photo credit: V. Jones, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Colpoclypeus emergence from host
Adult Female Macrocentrus
Adult Female Macrocentrus

Species name: Macrocentrus spp.

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks a wide range of sizes, but mostly 3rd instar and larger larvae; immatures feed inside the host larvae.

Photo credit: V. Jones, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Adult Female Macrocentrus
Macrocentrus Pupae
Macrocentrus Pupae

Species name: Macrocentrus spp.

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks a wide range of sizes, but mostly 3rd instar and larger larvae; immatures feed inside the host larvae.

Photo credit: V. Jones, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Macrocentrus Pupae
Adult Female Apanteles
Adult Female Apanteles

Species name: Apanteles spp.

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks a wide range of sizes, but mostly 3rd instar and larger larvae; immatures feed inside the host larvae.

Photo credit: V. Jones, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Adult Female Apanteles
Apanteles Pupae
Apanteles Pupae

Species name: Apanteles spp.

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks a wide range of sizes, but mostly 3rd instar and larger larvae; immatures feed inside the host larvae.

Photo credit: V. Jones, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Apanteles Pupae
Adult Female Aphelinus
Adult Female Aphelinus

Species name: Aphelinus mali

Host: Woolly apple aphid - attacks late instar aphids; adult parasitoids also puncture aphids to feed to obtain nourishment for egg production.

Photo credit: hornet.co.nz
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Adult Female Aphelinus
Aphids mummified by Aphelinus
Aphids mummified by Aphelinus

Species name: Aphelinus mali

Host: Woolly apple aphid - attacks late instar aphids; adult parasitoids also puncture aphids to feed to obtain nourishment for egg production.

Photo credit: E. Beers, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Aphids mummified by Aphelinus
Adult Female Pnigalio
Adult Female Pnigalio

Species name: Pnigalio flavipes

Host: Western tentiform leafminer - lays eggs inside the tissue-feeding larvae; adults feed on sap-feeding larvae to obtain nourishment allowing them to lay more eggs.

Photo credit: J. Hougland
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Adult Female Pnigalio
Immature Pnigalio feeding on a WTL larva
Immature Pnigalio feeding on a WTL larva

Species name: Pnigalio flavipes

Host: Western tentiform leafminer - lays eggs inside the tissue-feeding larvae; adults feed on sap-feeding larvae to obtain nourishment allowing them to lay more eggs.

Photo credit: J. Brunner, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Immature Pnigalio feeding on a WTL larva
Adult Female Tachinid Fly
Adult Female Tachinid Fly

Common species: Nilea erecta and Nemorilla pyste

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks 4th through 6th instar larvae.

Photo credit: N. Wiman, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Adult Female Tachinid Fly
Tachind laying egg on leafroller larva
Tachind laying egg on leafroller larva

Common species: Nilea erecta and Nemorilla pyste

Host: Pandemis and Obliquebanded leafrollers - attacks 4th through 6th instar larvae.

Photo credit: N. Wiman, WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee, WA
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Tachind laying egg on leafroller larva