Orange Braconid Wasp

Natural Habitat

Fields, meadows, and gardens with abundant flowering plants and host insects

Diet & Feeding

Adults feed on nectar and pollen; larvae are idiobiont ectoparasitoids of wood-boring beetle larvae or lepidopteran larvae

Behavior Patterns

Diurnal flyers that use long ovipositors to probe through substrate to find and paralyze host larvae before laying eggs

Risks & Benefits

Highly beneficial as biological control agents for agricultural and forest pests; generally harmless to humans as they lack a defensive sting

Identified on: 5/31/2026