E. glabratus - Enicospilus glabratus Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA September 26, 2020
This individual surprised us after emerging from the pupa of an overwintering Callosamia promethea which we hand-reared. The larva must have been inside the caterpillar during the first or second instar as we found it soon after that and raised it inside. It grew and pupated with seemingly no problems.
See "forewing with discosubmarginal cell bearing a cluster of closely interspaced hairs in anterodistal corner"
ID approved by Rachel Behm here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60911935
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Contributed by Joe Girgente on 27 September, 2020 - 7:16pm Last updated 27 September, 2020 - 8:26pm |