Do you have caterpillars in your garden with white growths on them? This video can explain why and what you should do to protect your tomatoes! Be ready to learn about an amazing form of parasitism by truly unique parasitoid wasps!

I'll also explain the differences between tomato and tobacco hornworms.

Thanks to my wonderful Patron from Patreon, dace_88, for providing the images and question for this video! Cheers! –K

NOTE: My animations are only approximations of the actualities occurring within and on a host of a parasitoid wasp.

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Main Sources:
https://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/g...
http://science.sciencemag.org/content...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/p...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...
Good Overview ► https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasit...
Wasp Overview ► https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotesia...

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