Insect immune resistance to parasitoids

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Encapsulation and nodulation in insects (2016, background): “Probably, various proteins (both parasite and host) can act as a matrix for polymeric reactions of oxidizing condensation of indolequinone (Carton et al., 2008).”
Resistance of Drosophila suzukii to the larval parasitoids Leptopilina heterotoma and Asobara japonica is related to haemocyte load (2013, background): “They are involved in the melanization of the capsules, as well as in clotting and the production of cytotoxic radicals (Evans et al., 2003; Meister, 2004; Carton et al., 2008).”
Feeding by lepidopteran larvae is dangerous: A review of caterpillars’ chemical, physiological, morphological, and behavioral defenses against natural enemies (2012, background): “The insect immune response Physiological defenses consist of 3 sublevels and are used primarily to combat pathogens, parasites, and parasitoids (reviewed by Gillespie et al., 1997; Carton et al., 2008; Strand, 2008; Beckage, 2008).”