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Caterpillar on arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum. Cat 10. 5/3/12
Copyright © 2012 Beatriz Moisset

Caterpillar on arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum. Cat 10. 5/3/12
Briar Bush Nature Center, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 3, 2012
Size: 20 mm
Found two caterpillars, almost identical near each other. A week later one is thriving the other one remains the same size and looks odd.
The sick one got darker and more shriveled and then a parasitoid emerged from it. More of the story here:

Another parasitized caterpillar, found on the same shrubs at a different time; probably the same species

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 11 May, 2012 - 4:16pm
Last updated 7 January, 2019 - 2:36pm

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