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Nancy Kent
Sycamore Tussock Cat with Wasp Parasites
Radford, Virginia, USA
August 12, 2013
This is a Sycamore Tussock Caterpillar and I think that it has wasp parasites on it. Can someone please ID the parasites?
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Contributed by
Nancy Kent
on 12 August, 2013 - 5:20pm
Last updated 1 December, 2014 - 1:09pm
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john and jane balaban
, 3 September, 2013 - 11:08am
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Microgastrinae…
These are braconid wasp parasites in this group.
Halysidota
members are attacked by
Cotesia
.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 12 August, 2013 - 5:23pm
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Ah, yes,
I thought that I had seen these before but could not find them in my files. Thanks, Ross, for the detailed info.
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Nancy Kent
, 12 August, 2013 - 6:25pm
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