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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eulophidae » Entedoninae
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Unknown Parsitic Wasp (possibly Eulophid) of a Three-spotted Skipper larva
Copyright © 2016 Holly L. Salvato

Unknown Parsitic Wasp (possibly Eulophid) of a Three-spotted Skipper larva
Snake Bight Trail, Everglades National Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA
October 12, 2015
On September 26, 2015, I collected two moribund Three-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus) larvae along the Snake Bight Trail in the Everglades. Both skipper larvae produced parasitic wasps.

One of the skipper larvae produced 9 wasps (the one pictured here), which may be a Eulophid. The second skipper larva only produced one wasp and a picture of it will be submitted separately.

The skipper larvae were collected on September 26, 2015 and the pictured wasp emerged on October 12, 2015.

Both of these skipper larvae were also parasitized by braconid wasps, which is a common parasite of this butterfly elsewhere in Florida.

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Unknown Parsitic Wasp (possibly Eulophid) of a Three-spotted Skipper larva Unknown Parsitic Wasp (possibly Eulophid) of a Three-spotted Skipper larva Unknown Parsitic Wasp (possibly Eulophid) of a Three-spotted Skipper larva Unknown Parsitic Wasp (possibly Eulophid) of a Three-spotted Skipper larva
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Contributed by Mark Salvato on 5 January, 2016 - 12:51pm
Last updated 22 January, 2016 - 9:51am

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