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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Campopleginae
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cocoon
Copyright © 2008 Cynthia Tedore

cocoon
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
April 25, 2008
Size: 1cm
Anybody recognize what kind of cocoon this is? Thanks!

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Contributed by Cynthia Tedore on 26 April, 2008 - 12:23pm
Last updated 10 January, 2009 - 2:51am

Moved
Moved from Cocoons.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 January, 2009 - 2:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cocoons. Very similar to the Hyposoter cocoon on p. 23 of Wagner.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 May, 2008 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Parasitoid wasp
...as you may have guessed based on the dead caterpillar next to it. This page shows several similar cocoons (scroll down), but I'm not convinced that they are all identified/filed correctly. Definitely ichneumonoid, but it's not clear to me if both ichneumonids and braconids can have cocoons similar to this, or if one of the two could be said with certainty. Definitely worth collecting and seeing what emerges!
… Charley Eiseman, 26 April, 2008 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
OK, next time I go visit that
OK, next time I go visit that area, I will look for it and collect it if I can find it. Fun!
… Cynthia Tedore, 26 April, 2008 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

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