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Geometrid caterpillar with parasites - Pero
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Geometrid caterpillar with parasites - Pero
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 25, 2009

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Geometrid caterpillar - Pero Geometrid caterpillar with parasites - Pero
Contributed by tom murray on 25 September, 2009 - 9:13pm

More parasites
I stopped being amazed at how many parasitized larvae there are. It is nice that you raised the parasitic wasp to adulthood.
… Beatriz Moisset, 10 October, 2009 - 7:21pm

 
This was easy
They already had their food supply, so all I had to do was put the caterpillar in a container, and wait to see the wasps flying around.
… tom murray, 10 October, 2009 - 8:14pm

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