A single wasp (Gonatocerus sp.) emerged from each hole in the egg mass of
Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar), the glassy-winged sharpshooter. The adult wasps chew a small
circle in the eggshell of the host as well as the leaf to escape.
Photograph by: Chris Tipping, University of Florida
Return to the sharpshooters page.