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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eulophidae » Eulophinae » Eulophini » Euplectrus
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Caterpillar with parasites... - Euplectrus
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Caterpillar with parasites... - Euplectrus
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
August 16, 2007
Size: inch (cat)
Found on leaf of redbud tree... any ideas on what either the cat or the parasites are? The caterpillar fell off the leaf a minute later and the parasites seemed to be gone...
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 17 August, 2007 - 11:37am
Last updated 11 September, 2018 - 10:18am

Cropping
Please, crop it. It is too valuable to go unnoticed when looking at thumbnails; the parasites are barely visible.
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 October, 2010 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eulophidae.
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2008 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Caterpillars with larvae.
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2008 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Parasitoids
These parasitoids are larval wasps, possibly in the family Braconidae or Eulophidae. It seems odd that the parasites would just dissappear. Here is an image with similar parasites .
… Bobby Grizzard, 17 August, 2007 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
I thought it was strange too...
… Andrew Meeds, 17 August, 2007 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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