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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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More parasitic wasps - Cotesia congregata
Copyright © 2007 Beatriz Moisset

More parasitic wasps - Cotesia congregata
Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 15, 2007
Size: About 3 mm.
I finally found a caterpillar with parasitic wasps emerging from the cocoons on a caterpillar of Manduca sexta. I even managed to video one of them in action, plus a very angry caterpillar trying to get rid of its parasites. See the video.
For more on this kind of caterpillar.
Southeastern PA.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 16 August, 2007 - 6:22am
Last updated 6 July, 2021 - 12:11pm

Nice video.
I heard cicadas in the background!:)
… Stephen Tapsak, 13 August, 2012 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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