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Cotton Ball
Copyright © 2025 leealloway

Cotton Ball
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
May 1, 2025
Size: 22 mm
Looks like a cotton ball on a blade of grass. Does not deform when touched. Backlighting suggests a caterpillar inside.

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Contributed by leealloway on 1 May, 2025 - 8:22pm
Last updated 9 May, 2025 - 10:19pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 May, 2025 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

Possibly . . .
a Braconid wasp cocoon mass. Something similar to: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2034576

* Pending expert confirmation or correction.
… L. Wayne Thompson, 2 May, 2025 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
Egg Mass
Updated with picture of the emergent wasp (one of 50-ish). About 2 mm.
… leealloway, 9 May, 2025 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

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