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cocoon - Hyposoter
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

cocoon - Hyposoter
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 10, 2009
I found this cocoon on a wild parsnip leaf on June 10. I took the leaf and cocoon and placed them in a plastic jar to see what would happen. There also seems to be remains of a caterpillar to the right of the cocoon.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 11 June, 2009 - 9:30pm
Last updated 27 February, 2012 - 1:42pm

Moved
Moved from Campopleginae.
… John F. Carr, 28 September, 2009 - 8:23pm

Moved
Moved from Pimplinae. The pimpline is evidently a hyperparasitoid of the campoplegine that parasitized the caterpillar and made this cocoon. Here is a mesochorine ichneumonid hyperparasitoid that emerged from a similar cocoon:
… Charley Eiseman, 18 September, 2009 - 2:43pm

Moved
Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.
… Ilona L., 22 July, 2009 - 11:34am

Joyce's similar image is here
along with the link to Campopleginae. You'll need someone else to tell you if that is what these are.
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2009 - 9:52pm

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