Green lacewings eggs, which are laid singly on long stalks, are often seen standing up along the leaf veins of garden plants. The larvae are like tapering, alligator shaped, with prominent curved jaws for capturing their prey. The similar brown lacewings are a bit smaller and more prolific. Although we could still argue about whether they are a benefit or a nuisance, there is no argument about the benefits of native parasitic wasps. The ichneumonid wasp is slim, with long antennae and a threadlike ovipositor extending from the tip of its abdomen.
Braconid wasps are a group of smaller, thicker parasitic wasps.
They lay eggs in flies, beetles, other wasps, caterpillars and aphids. Chalcid wasps are small but mighty, parasitizing aphids, flies, beetles and many caterpillars that attack forest trees and agricultural crops.