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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Campopleginae
Photo#139078
Cocoon
Copyright © 2007 Steve Kortum

Cocoon
Busch Conservation Area, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
August 18, 2007
Size: 6mm
Braconid wasp cocoon?
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Contributed by Steve Kortum on 23 August, 2007 - 5:42pm
Last updated 10 January, 2009 - 2:51am

Moved
Moved from Cocoons.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 January, 2009 - 2:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cocoons.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 May, 2008 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 May, 2008 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

Here are the images in the guide
in case someone can sort them out.
There are the ones black around the middle and suspended from an end which Eric describes as Braconid, Meteorus:
This one above #139078, and the unusual

Then the ones that look like Bob's Orgyia parasitoid:
and

One similar but with more black , And one similar but with black ends
… john and jane balaban, 8 September, 2007 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

Wasp cocoon.
Braconid or ichneumonid. Harder too tell which than I first thought:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 August, 2007 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

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