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Dryinid

Dryinid
Repentigny, Lanaudière County, Quebec, Canada
September 12, 2007
Day 7: the leafhopper is not paralyzed and move around a little bit, even if the Dryinid is about to emerge from its sac and eat the host.

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eat the host?
Did you actually see it consume the nymph after emerging? I have seen live adults with empty Dryinid sacs, but perhaps they were the "lucky" ones?

 
Yes!
I unfortunately missed the Dryinid hatching. When I saw it, it was already walking down the grass stem. But it ate the leafhopper because it left only an empty shell. Your observation of a living leafhopper carrying an empty sac is very interesting. I have never observed that.

Moved
Moved from Dryinus.

Moved

Moved
Moved from Dryinids.

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