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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » apicalis or mexicana (Isodontia apicalis or mexicana)
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Cocoons in the track of my window screen - Isodontia
Copyright © 2009 S. E. Seater

Cocoons in the track of my window screen - Isodontia
Raleigh, near Rts 50 and US 70, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
October 20, 2009
Size: 22mm

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Contributed by S. E. Seater on 5 November, 2009 - 1:49am
Last updated 4 July, 2010 - 3:39pm

Moved
Moved from Grass-carrying Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 4 July, 2010 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Great series!
Thank you so much, Susan, for this great series of images. Keep up the great work!
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 November, 2009 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

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Since the comments explaining what's in this image have been frassed, I just wanted to summarize here: The yellow larva is an Isodontia that was removed from its cocoon. To the right of it is an intact Isodontia cocoon with a fly puparium attached to the outside--presumably belonging to a parasitoid tachinid or sarcophagid or something like that. At the top of the image are a wing and other fragments of the wasp larvae's tree cricket prey. The white area is where incidental dead insects have been cropped out.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 November, 2009 - 2:31am login or register to post comments

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