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Braconid? - Meteorus
Copyright © 2007 Claude Pilon

Braconid? - Meteorus
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
October 5, 2007
Size: 5 mm
I saw 3 eggs like this one, hanging at the tip of a blade of grass. I brought back one at home. 8 days later, a wasp emerged from the sac.

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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 13 October, 2007 - 2:07pm
Last updated 18 August, 2008 - 2:08am

Moved
Moved from Cocoons. Says Dr. Scott Shaw (University of Wyoming):
"The upper three images, with the cocoon suspended from a grass blade, are indeed a Meteorus species. The adult shown is a male, so I will not hazard to guess the species. Identification to species would require a female specimen for examination."
… Charley Eiseman, 29 May, 2008 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!!
Thanks very much Charley for your research.
Claude
… Claude Pilon, 29 May, 2008 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 May, 2008 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Meteorus?
I'm not an expert, but your wasp looks like a braconid to me. In fact, it looks a lot like this one that I had emerge from a very similar cocoon:

Meteorus species have a cocoon suspended by a long, silken string like this, but there seem to be a few other braconids that do this.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 May, 2008 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

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