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Photo#1332393
Copyright © 2017
MJ Hatfield
perhaps spider egg sac, larva inside
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 1, 2016
Size: 2.4 mm
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MJ Hatfield
on 17 January, 2017 - 12:44pm
Last updated 30 April, 2020 - 10:29am
Moved
Moved from
"Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita)
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Bob Zuparko
, 30 April, 2020 - 10:29am
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Unidentified Spider Egg Sacs, Webs, Retreats, and Droppings
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MJ Hatfield
, 5 January, 2019 - 3:22pm
Wasp larva…
I think that it would be a fair assumption that this is a wasp larva, possibly a polysphinctid. Since much time has elapsed since you found it, can you pls describe or mention what happened to it - did it survive and pupate, or die from exposure?
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 17 January, 2017 - 1:21pm
Sorry.
When opening a cocoon and exposing the larva, I've had very poor success with continued rearing. In the past I have tried to patch a cocoon or put the larva into a gelatin capsule, to no avail. In this case I put the larva into alcohol.
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MJ Hatfield
, 17 January, 2017 - 2:30pm