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Caterpillar with a problem - parasitic Apocrita - Eulophus - male - female

Caterpillar with a problem - parasitic Apocrita - Eulophus - Male Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 5, 2009
Size: approx 2mm

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Great series!
However you will have to fix all your entries for adults. They are still checked as immature. I know, it is a pain, I have done some series too and then I have to go and fix everything again. I haven't got this kind of action, though. I usually have to chill them or even freeze them so they pose for a photo.
Also, when you know the sex don't forget to include that. I did it for you on this one.

 
Greetings Beatriz,
Thanks for the comments and pointers. I totally glossed over the need to indicate adults, but have now edited all applicable pages. I'm a bit hesitant to actually mark each specimen as male or female as I am by no means an entomologist, and my designating them as male and female comes with no credentials, only an assumption based on past images of mating bugs/insects and applying that "standard" concept to the activity of my specimens - that and the notion that females are often larger (for the sake of being an egg repository). Nevertheless, I've included my assumption of their sex on each applicable page. I'm sure if I'm wrong, someone will eventually correct the error.

:-P)

PS -I've tried chilling insects, but it never seems to slow them down. But I seem to be lucky in that respect. I can usually get within inches of most subjects without them taking off, and oftentimes, I even handle them without seemingly disturbing them. I think it may have to do with my scent. I'm also an avid fisherman and have often out-fished all my company. I discovered I emit very low amounts of L-serene, which fish sense as a predator smell, therefore they're not repelled by what I touch. Several friends who are not as successful fishing as I am also had their L-serene levels tested, and they all tested high in the protein. Perhaps the same holds true for me with bugs - I don't produce something that threatens them.

 
Sex IDs OK
I checked them out and they are OK. The main clue is the shape of the antennae; male's antennae are more elaborate.

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