Today's wasp of the day is the yellow ichneumon (Xanthopimpla punctata)!
Credits: photo 1, photo 2
Agent Lemondrop reporting for duty to save your cereal! As a parasitoid of various stem destroying caterpillars that target big time commercial crops like sugarcane and grains, this wasp is happy to help out at any farm. In fact, a 2025 study has discovered that they've recently been branching out to parasitizing pests of banana plants as well.

















