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Parasite Eggs on a Skipper - Epargyreus clarus

Parasite Eggs on a Skipper - Epargyreus clarus
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
August 4, 2017
This skipper was acting strangely, standing on various non-flower places with his wings outstretched, instead of up, like they usually are. I took a bunch of pictures, and later, I noticed these tiny eggs all over the skipper's body, on both sides. A friend suggested these are wasp eggs, though they're usually on a caterpillar. And I'm not sure how so many of them would have gotten on this butterfly. What do you think?

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Most parasites don't leave the eggs hanging around on the wings and in so many other places. (scattered) How big is your bug? The size may be just about right for some pollen grains, I think.

 
I have lots of bugs with poll
I have lots of bugs with pollen on them, usually yellow, usually the shape of rice but more irregular. Those grains are not perfectly round, nor are they perfectly white. The skippers are small—about an inch and a half wide from wing tips. But they seem far too round and regular for pollen.

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