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More parasitic wasps - Cotesia congregata
Copyright © 2007 Beatriz Moisset

More parasitic wasps - Cotesia congregata
Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 15, 2007
Size: About 3 mm.
I finally found a caterpillar with parasitic wasps emerging from the cocoons. I even managed to video one of them in action, plus a very angry caterpillar trying to get rid of its parasites. See the video.
For more on this kind of caterpillar.
Southeastern PA.
Hymenoptera Braconidae Cotesia congregata representative

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 16 August, 2007 - 6:22am
Last updated 23 January, 2008 - 4:22pm

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