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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Unidentified Immatures
Photo#499623
pupal case?
Copyright © 2011 Kim Fleming

pupal case?
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
March 14, 2011
found in a rotting log.
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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 20 March, 2011 - 4:14pm
Last updated 11 October, 2014 - 10:25am

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Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2014 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

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The dark end reminds me of the meconium in these Sceliphron cocoons:

I'm not aware of members of any other order producing cocoons with this feature. Maybe a hymenopterist will see this here and recognize it...
… Charley Eiseman, 30 March, 2011 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

I suspect...
some kind of hymenopteran cocoon. Did you save it to see what comes out?
… Charley Eiseman, 20 March, 2011 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
No, I didn't save this one! t
No, I didn't save this one! though I *might* be able to find it again. if I do I will post a followup. thank you!
… Kim Fleming, 21 March, 2011 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

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