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Photo#515527
pupa ?

pupa ?
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 13, 2011
Size: 3 mm
Emerged/dropped from:

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

 
Thanks Charley
and I'm sad to say I don't think it's going to emerge. No action yet.

Pipunculid, maybe?
I know that they are internal parasitoids of leafhoppers and planthoppers--but I have no idea what their pupae look like.

 
Pipunculid puparium
Higher flies (including Pipunculidae) pupate inside the last larval skin, which forms a tough "sleeping bag" called a puparium.

 
Pipunculid puparium
Hopefully it will emerge. It has already darkened.

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers.

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