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Moth, White Wild Indigo leaf weavings

Moth, White Wild Indigo leaf weavings
Indiangrass Hills, Iowa County, Iowa, USA
August 6, 2019
August 5, 2019: collected several leaf wraps on White wild indigo, Baptisia alba, in this prairie remnant
This 'balloon weaving' is similar to this:


Same collection day, location, and host plant as this:

2 of the wrapped leaves sheltered (and fed) these:


These leaves were especially well woven. I thought (hoped) it might be something different than the other collected leaf weavings. Who knows, it may have been a different moth ...
August 14, 2019: ... but a wasp emerged.

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Moth, White Wild Indigo leaf weavings Ichneumonidae, dorsal Ichneumonidae, lateral Ichneumonidae, emergent hole Ichneumonidae, spent cocoon