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Cocoons - unidentified
Copyright © 2018 Fonda Wicker

Cocoons - unidentified
Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
March 19, 2018
Size: each approx 0.75 inch
Series of cocoons in fold of outdoor umbrella. Total length approximately nine inches, included 15 cocoons, nestled in grass and fibers, with dead wasps (visible in back picture). Cocoons are laid side by side, not end to end.

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Contributed by Fonda Wicker on 21 March, 2018 - 9:44am
Last updated 14 May, 2018 - 7:12pm

Grass carrying wasps?
Grass carrying wasps?
… Hexapoda, 5 December, 2020 - 6:22pm

 
unknown cocoons
That oould be. We find these each spring when we open our outdoor umbrellas, but have not found any that hatched. Many appear to be empty. Perhaps these locations are too cold for overwintering?
… Fonda Wicker, 6 January, 2021 - 3:34pm

Moved to unidentified pupae and cocoons
Moved from ID Request.

Perhaps these will get some attention here.

Thanks for posting--and welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 May, 2018 - 7:12pm

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