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Parasitoid wasp's cocoon?
Copyright © 2020 christopher.h.oliveira

Parasitoid wasp's cocoon?
Peruíbe, Brazil/São Paulo County
April 20, 2020
Size: 6mm each
There is a lot of caterpillars in the sweet passion fruit plant. But then I've realized in one branch of a nearby plant what appears to be 3 cocoons coming from the inside of 3 caterpillars! Maybe parasitoid wasps? At right one individual of the caterpillar without cocoon, for example. Thanks!
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Contributed by christopher.h.oliveira on 27 April, 2020 - 5:58am
Last updated 8 June, 2022 - 1:12pm

Frassed
Out of range - sorry we didn't notice that.
… john and jane balaban, 8 June, 2022 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Caterpillar looks to be perha
Caterpillar looks to be perhaps Agraulis vanillae, from the host plant something in the Heliconiini...
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 27 April, 2020 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Kelsey!
Thanks Kelsey!
… christopher.h.oliveira, 27 April, 2020 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

Yes, many of these
are placed in the wasp subfamily Campopleginae

Not sure what choices you have in Peruíbe
… john and jane balaban, 27 April, 2020 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
I agree ...
... that the parasitoid may easily be in the ichneumonid subfamily Campopleginae. But seeing that the location is South America, should I move this to Campopleginae, of frass it, seeing as how IDs have probably gone as far as they can?
… Bob Zuparko, 8 June, 2022 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John and Jane!
Thanks John and Jane!
… christopher.h.oliveira, 27 April, 2020 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

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