Insect predators of caterpillars include: assassin bugs; tachinid flies; paper wasps, which chew up caterpillars and feed them to their larvae; lacewings and ladybirds eat moth eggs; tiny trichogramma wasps parasitise moth eggs; other tiny wasps like
Apanteles sp. parasitise the caterpillar, the wasp larvae feed on non-essential parts of the caterpillar.