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Photo#688363
caterpillar - Urbanus proteus

caterpillar - Urbanus proteus
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
July 17, 2012
Size: 1 inch
He was paracitized by a fly. The fly died in its' pupa so I won't know what it was. :o(

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Tachinid puparium?
I suspect that it is a tachinid fly. They are known to parasitize the bean leaf roller caterpillar and the puparium looks like that of some tachinids. See Chrysotachina alcedo (Loew) and Tachinidae immature stages

Moved
Moved from Skippers.

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