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Caterpillar on Netleaf Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) - Cotesia electrae

Caterpillar on Netleaf Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) - Cotesia electrae
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
July 22, 2009
Size: about 2 inches long

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Moved
Moved from Cotesia.

The only one of the two known from New Mexico. We should be able to be reasonably confident in the species ID based on the host + locality.

Moved
According to the 1979 catalog of Hymenoptera, two species of Cotesia have been reared from Automeris io: electrae and hemileucae. Cotesia electrae is a western species, although hemileucae was recorded from Oregon as well as from states in the eastern USA.

Moved from parasitic Apocrita.

Moved
Moved from "New Mexico Io Moth".
I hope that this finds a permanent home soon.