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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) » Microgastrinae » Cotesia » Cotesia empretiae
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Saddle Back with Braconid Wasp Larva - Cotesia empretiae
Copyright © 2008 intoflippin

Saddle Back with Braconid Wasp Larva - Cotesia empretiae
arnold, anne arundel County, Maryland, USA
September 19, 2008
Size: approx 2"
What is all over this caterpillar?
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Contributed by intoflippin on 23 September, 2008 - 8:21am
Last updated 12 December, 2008 - 10:57pm

Saddleback
I found one in my front yard. i live in Egg Harbor twp nj.It's one of the coolist thing i ever saw.LOL No i did not touch it. (OUCH) SADDLEBACK.
… Paul, 9 September, 2009 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cocoons and parasitized caterpillars. Cotesia empretiae is the species known to parasitize saddlebacks.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 December, 2008 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

Pupae
Thanks so much. Very interesting!
… intoflippin, 24 September, 2008 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

Wasp Cocoons
I believe these are cocoons of a wasp (Braconid Wasp-Cotesia). They are parasites of caterpillars. Female wasps inject eggs into the cat's body, and the larvae feed and develope inside. Mature larvae bore out of the cat's body and spin a cocoon and then pupate. Your picture shows those cocoons on the cat's body.
… MyMisty, 23 September, 2008 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

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