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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Microgastrinae » Cotesia
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Xylophanes tersa caterpillar with unknown eggs - Cotesia
Copyright © 2012 Janice Jones

Xylophanes tersa caterpillar with unknown eggs - Cotesia
Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, USA
October 5, 2012
Size: 2.5 to 3 inches
I think these white"eggs" are near future parasites.Can the eggs be identified?
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Contributed by Janice Jones on 5 October, 2012 - 6:05pm
Last updated 1 December, 2014 - 1:10pm

Moved
According to Dr. Sharkey, this is surely Cotesia, but there are many Cotesia species that are gregarious in this fashion.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 6 October, 2012 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

Cotesia
Although Microplitis marini is the only parasite recorded for Xylophanes tersa on Taxapad, this would evidently be Cotesia congregata.
… Bob Carlson, 5 October, 2012 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Cotesia congregata
Bob,
Thank you.
… Janice Jones, 5 October, 2012 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

Braconid wasp cocoons...
Sphinx moth caterpillars are often attacked by these wasps.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 5 October, 2012 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Braconid wasp cocoons...
Ross,
Thank you.
… Janice Jones, 5 October, 2012 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

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