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caterpillar? - Eumenes fraternus
Copyright © 2018 oliver1

caterpillar? - Eumenes fraternus
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
August 12, 2018
12 n. I assume the wasp is Eumenes fraternus. Can someone id the caterpillar?

I'm excited that one can see little egg and amazed that the caterpillar fit in there. It took perhaps 20 sec.

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Contributed by oliver1 on 12 August, 2018 - 11:52am
Last updated 7 March, 2019 - 6:12pm

Moved
Moved from Eumenes.
… v belov, 7 March, 2019 - 6:12pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 23 August, 2018 - 3:51am

It is a Geometridae
such as Melanolophia, but they are challenging to ID even when you can clearly see the entire cat :(
… john and jane balaban, 12 August, 2018 - 4:02pm

 
Thank you!
Feel free to frass.
… oliver1, 12 August, 2018 - 4:03pm

 
please don't frass these photos
These are worth saving. As far as I can see, there's nothing quite like them in the guide
… Steve Scholnick, 12 August, 2018 - 9:57pm

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