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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Microgastrinae
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Braconid Wasp cocoons
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Braconid Wasp cocoons
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
March 29, 2009
Size: 13mm (1/2") mass
Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 30 March, 2009 - 12:17pm
Last updated 14 August, 2016 - 10:49am

Moved
Moved from Cocoons and larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 August, 2016 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

Mind control
The amazing thing is that the packaging and wrapping of the cocoons is done by the unfortunate host caterpillar before dying, not by the larvae. I saw a gruesome video of the whole thing.
I am not sure but I think that this type of cocoons belongs to the subfamily Microgastrinae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 30 September, 2009 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… John R. Maxwell, 31 March, 2009 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

Not eggs.
This is a mass of braconid wasp cocoons that have yet to "hatch." Some species emerge, as larvae, synchronously from the host caterpillar, then they pupate communally like this.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 March, 2009 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

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