Braconid, Ichneumon and Trichogrammatid wasps are usually small in size: 215 mm for Braconids; 3–40 mm for most Ichneumon wasps; and 0.3–1.0 mm for Trichogrammatids.

The trailer for Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie ‘Alien.’ In 2018, scientists from Australia returned the love, and named a new species of parasitoid wasps Dolichogenidea xenomorph, after the alien ...