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Cuckoo wasp?
Copyright © 2007 Anne Burton

Cuckoo wasp?
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
July 8, 2007
Size: 6 - 9 mm
Wasp clinging to top of dried flower stalk, curled in a ball. Wondering what species it is. There is a cocoon-like papery object on the same stalk, and it seems to be attached to the wasp by a filament. At first I thought it unrelated - or an accidental connection to a spiderweb - but now I wonder if the wasp emerged from this. Or laid it. Or is feeding off it?

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Contributed by Anne Burton on 8 July, 2007 - 11:03pm
Last updated 19 September, 2007 - 6:42pm

Moved
Moved from Elampinae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 September, 2007 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cuckoo wasps.
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