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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Campopleginae » Hyposoter
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cocoon - Hyposoter
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

cocoon - Hyposoter
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 10, 2009
I found this cocoon on a wild parsnip leaf on June 10. I took the leaf and cocoon and placed them in a plastic jar to see what would happen. There also seems to be remains of a caterpillar to the right of the cocoon.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 11 June, 2009 - 9:30pm
Last updated 27 February, 2012 - 1:42pm

Moved
Moved from Campopleginae.
… John F. Carr, 28 September, 2009 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pimplinae. The pimpline is evidently a hyperparasitoid of the campoplegine that parasitized the caterpillar and made this cocoon. Here is a mesochorine ichneumonid hyperparasitoid that emerged from a similar cocoon:
… Charley Eiseman, 18 September, 2009 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.
… Ilona L., 22 July, 2009 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

Joyce's similar image is here
along with the link to Campopleginae. You'll need someone else to tell you if that is what these are.
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2009 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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