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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 » Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp (Cotesia congregata)
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hornworm parasites? - Cotesia congregata
Copyright © 2009 Mike Brooks

hornworm parasites? - Cotesia congregata
Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, USA
September 15, 2009
Size: 1 1/4"

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hornworm? - Manduca sexta hornworm parasites? - Cotesia congregata
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Contributed by Yvonne Littlejohn on 19 September, 2009 - 2:09am
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 10:11am

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… Ted Kropiewnicki, 11 October, 2009 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 10 October, 2009 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

Cotesia congregata (Braconidae) cocoons
Other examples here.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 September, 2009 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

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That's no good, darn wasps. I raise caterpillars so it's especially tragic as I probably would've taken that guy in the first time I saw him. It's rough out there I guess.
… Seb, 19 September, 2009 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

 
he was probably already "inhabited," though
The wasp larvae develop inside the caterpillar for quite a while before they make the cocoons outside it and pupate. This little guy was already doomed when the first picture was taken.

I love caterpillars too and am not a fan of their parasitoids, although others differ - okay, so this is how nature maintains its balance, but dangit, caterpillars have plenty of unnatural enemies now that there are chemical pesticides!
… Abigail Parker, 19 September, 2009 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

 
wasp larvae
Thnx for the info Abigail!
… Yvonne Littlejohn, 21 September, 2009 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

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