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The female wasp curls up her abdomen, stabs an aphid, and lays 1 egg inside the body.  Each female may lay in excess of 100 eggs.  

The female wasp curls up her abdomen, stabs an aphid, and lays 1 egg inside the body.  Each female may lay in excess of 100 eggs.  

The wasp larva will hatch, and feed on the aphid, which kills it, then it will spin a cocoon while still in the aphid's body.  When the larva in the cocoon matures into a wasp, it emerges out the back of the aphid body, which by now has swollen to look like a hard, light brown shell.

The wasp larva will hatch, and feed on the aphid, which kills it, then it will spin a cocoon while still in the aphid's body.  When the larva in the cocoon matures into a wasp, it emerges out the back of the aphid body, which by now has swollen to look like a hard, light whitish-brown shell.

In the home garden, the wasps should be naturally occurring where they are suited.  But providing a habitat, and not using pesticides, they should stay and parasitize aphids.

In the home garden, the wasps should be naturally occurring where they are suited.  But providing a habitat, and not using pesticides, they should stay and parasitize aphids.