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Caterpillar
Copyright © 2008 Vespula Vulgaris

Caterpillar
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 25, 2008
Found on some kind of weed. ID? Are those parasites on it?

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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 25 September, 2008 - 5:51pm
Last updated 25 November, 2013 - 3:05pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 25 November, 2013 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2008 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

Reminds us of the eggs
of Tachinid flies??
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2008 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

 
Aw!
if i knew that i would have removed them before releasing it... must be a very painful death being eaten from the inside out
… Vespula Vulgaris, 26 September, 2008 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
It was probably already too late
Tachinid larvae bore directly into the caterpillar from the eggs, so when you see apparently unhatched eggs like this, the larvae may already be inside.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 January, 2011 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

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