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7014937
Copyright © 2006 Rob Curtis

7014937
chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 21, 2006
Size: ~1/8"
Hatched from cocoon on Manduca quinquemaculata
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 8 October, 2009 - 12:07am

Cotesia, pretty sure
With that host, it sounds like it must be Cotesia.
1/8 inch would be about a little less than two millimeters, isn't it?
Is it possible, by any chance that you can brighten the image a little bit with Photoshop? I realize that you took the picture several years ago and probably that was the best you could do. I have many like this too. Sigh!
… Beatriz Moisset, 30 November, 2009 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Cotesia?
It certainly looks (to my untrained eye) like it could be a Cotesia--see this one for comparison:

My understanding is that the Cotesia species parasitizing sphingids are currently all considered to be C. congregata, but that recent research is suggesting that it is actually a complex of very similar species, each with a different hornworm host. See the quote on the guide page.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 October, 2009 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

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