Assertion: parasitoid wasp | /r/ObjectUse | used alongside tachinid
Facets:
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: for biological pest control
type: PURPOSE
value: commercially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: They are widely used commercially (alongside other parasitoids such as tachinid flies) for biological pest control, for which the most important groups are the ichneumonid wasps, which prey mainly on caterpillars of butterflies and moths; braconid wasps, which attack caterpillars and a wide range of other insects including greenfly; chalcid wasps, which parasitise eggs and larvae of greenfly, whitefly, cabbage caterpillars, and scale insects.