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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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ID Request - Cotesia congregata
Copyright © 2010 Rick Shackleton

ID Request - Cotesia congregata
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
October 19, 2010
Size: 2 in.
Noted a Paper Wasp - Polistes dorsalis I think, strip away the empty parasitic cases and then stripped thin strips of the cat. that it then flew off with.

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Rustic Sphinx (Manduca rustica) - parasitized - Manduca rustica ID Request - Cotesia congregata ID Request - Mischocyttarus mexicanus
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Contributed by Rick Shackleton on 24 October, 2010 - 2:00pm
Last updated 25 January, 2013 - 4:58pm

Moved
Moved from Mischocyttarus mexicanus cubicola.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 January, 2013 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cotesia congregata.
… Matthias Buck, 21 January, 2013 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mischocyttarus phthisicus.
… John R. Maxwell, 3 March, 2012 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cotesia congregata.
… John S. Ascher, 3 March, 2012 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cocoons and larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 September, 2011 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rustic Sphinx.
… John R. Maxwell, 22 November, 2010 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Rick Shackleton, 24 October, 2010 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

The wasp
is a species of Mischocyttarus. Couldn't tell you which
… Vespula Vulgaris, 24 October, 2010 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

take a look at
maduca rustica and tell me what you think?
… Edna Woodward, 24 October, 2010 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Shotguneddie I think this nai
Shotguneddie I think this nails the cat! Sure looks like a match to me. Distribution and season are right for it too. Thank you.
… Rick Shackleton, 24 October, 2010 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

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