wasps and caterpillars on a leaf (IMAGE)

University of Washington

wasps and caterpillars on a leaf

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When bean plants sense a caterpillar eating their leaves, they release gases that invite predatory wasps to help defend them. Shown here are two different species of predatory wasps attacking a caterpillar on a bean plant.

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Brian Behnken/University of Washington

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