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? Spodoptera ornithogalli  -or- maybe Noctua pronuba ? - Spodoptera ornithogalli

? Spodoptera ornithogalli -or- maybe Noctua pronuba ? - Spodoptera ornithogalli
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
September 8, 2008
A lot of the armyworms look very similar to me. Most samples of this sp. were darker, but I think the pattern matches. Also, what might the egg laying parasite be, roughly.

Same maybe?

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? Spodoptera ornithogalli  -or- maybe Noctua pronuba ? - Spodoptera ornithogalli ? Spodoptera ornithogalli  -or- maybe Noctua pronuba ? - Spodoptera ornithogalli ? Spodoptera ornithogalli  -or- maybe Noctua pronuba ? - Spodoptera ornithogalli

Parasite.
I know it has been a long time, but I saw your question about what the parasite might be. I just had to comment that it may very well be a wasp, as they often parasitize caterpillars by laying eggs on them. However, I don’t know which species. Could be a braconid wasp, ichneumon wasp, or a wasp from the genus Glyptapanteles. There are several parasitoid wasps.

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