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Dead Lady Beetle and Cocoon - Dinocampus coccinellae
Copyright © 2008 Gacko

Dead Lady Beetle and Cocoon - Dinocampus coccinellae
DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
March 20, 2008
I photographed this on a thistle plant then reached out to touch it, only to have the lady beetle fall into my hand. It had died clasping this cocoon. I kept the picture because I thought it was interesting but never hoped to find out what it was--until I read Andy Boring's comments about the Braconid wasp accompanying this picture under Dinocampus coccinellae. Could this be a wasp cocoon?
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Contributed by Gacko on 11 April, 2008 - 4:57pm
Last updated 29 April, 2008 - 7:03pm

Braconid cocoon
Seems likely--take a look at these:
… Charley Eiseman, 12 April, 2008 - 6:19am login or register to post comments

That's pretty neat. Good shot
That's pretty neat. Good shot of it too. I'm interested to know if there were any exit holes from a larva on the Ladybug...
… Grant, 11 April, 2008 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm afraid
I didn't know enough to look. At the time, it was just another dead lady beetle. I didn't know that it died under suspicious circumstances, so I didn't examine the body.
… Gacko, 11 April, 2008 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

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