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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) » Caterpillar Mummy Wasps (Rogadinae) » Common Mummy Wasps (Aleiodes)
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Caterpillar - Aleiodes
Copyright © 2019 Jim Moore1

Caterpillar - Aleiodes
Chicamicomico river, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
September 22, 2018
Meadow near deciduous forests. Small holes on surface I presume are the result of a parasitic wasp laying eggs.
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Contributed by Jim Moore1 on 20 November, 2019 - 2:10am
Last updated 1 November, 2023 - 11:18am

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 1 November, 2023 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 21 January, 2021 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Most likely
Most likely what remains of an Acronicta insularis caterpillar attacked by Aleiodes stigmator parasitoid wasps.
… jim sogaard, 20 November, 2019 - 6:22am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks! I see you ID'd exactly the same thing in the same part of Maryland previously--though that other photo was taken on July 22, 2018 rather than Sept. 22.
… Jim Moore1, 20 November, 2019 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

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