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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Condicini » Condica » Mobile Groundling - Hodges#9693 (Condica mobilis)
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Parasitized Caterpillar - Condica mobilis
Copyright © 2014 John Lampkin

Parasitized Caterpillar - Condica mobilis
Shell Mound, Cockroach Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
November 22, 2014
Hard to know where to put this. I see some similar postings in the Braconids but the caterpillar seems like a good place to start.
The caterpillar is still alive and Karen Anthonisen Finch has caged it to hatch out the pupae.
Found on Spanish Needles.
Looking for ID's of both, if possible. I'll update with images of the adults when they emerge.

EDIT ADDED 11/30/14: 75 wasps hatched today, and Karen Finch took a photo of one which I've added to the set. The ruler marks are eighths of an inch.

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Contributed by John Lampkin on 23 November, 2014 - 6:36am
Last updated 30 November, 2014 - 8:33pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 24 November, 2014 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Microgastrinae…
A load of these cocoons on this unfortunate parasitized caterpillar.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 23 November, 2014 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ross...
...for both the ID and the link. I figured Braconid of some sort since I've photographed their compadres on Tomato Hornworm cats. Amazing how many larvae one caterpillar can support.
… John Lampkin, 24 November, 2014 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

Here's something similar
that feeds on Spanish Needles
… john and jane balaban, 23 November, 2014 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

 
And it was shot...
...just up the road a piece 40 minutes away.
Thanks for the link.
… John Lampkin, 24 November, 2014 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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