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Photo#623
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Duluth, Georgia, USA
September 8, 2003

Moved
Moved from Cocoons.

Moved
Moved from Cocoons.

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.

Braconid wasp cocoon
This is the pupal cocoon of a braconid wasp, and the shrivelled remains of the caterpillar it fed on, to the left in the photo. This may be genus Meteorus, though the cocoon is usually suspended by a long silk thread in that genus.

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