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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 » Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp (Cotesia congregata)
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Brown Caterpillar with parasites - Cotesia congregata
Copyright © 2006 Carla Finley

Brown Caterpillar with parasites - Cotesia congregata
Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
November 2, 2006
Size: about 1 1/2 inches
When I found this cat yesterday on a palmetto leaf it was still alive. Sadly this morning it was not. Closest I can find in the guide and Wagner's Caterpillar book is Virginia Creeper Sphinx.
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Contributed by Carla Finley on 2 November, 2006 - 10:12am
Last updated 12 November, 2008 - 1:25pm

re: species…
The braconid, M. congregata, is more than likely an exclusive parasitoid of the tobacco hornworm which this is obviously not. With about 77 species in this genus, it seems reasonable to move this back to the genus level for now.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 26 August, 2009 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
please see
comment here.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 August, 2009 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cocoons and parasitized caterpillars.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 November, 2008 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… john and jane balaban, 8 September, 2007 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

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