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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Euclidiini » Caenurgina
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Lepidoptera and parasitoid pupa - Caenurgina
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Lepidoptera and parasitoid pupa - Caenurgina
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
June 14, 2010
Found this on a blade of grass. Wasp emerged on or before 21-June-2010. Froze the wasp.
Here is a close up of the wasp cocoon

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 23 June, 2011 - 6:52pm
Last updated 2 July, 2011 - 7:15pm

Miller and Hammond have a similar looking caterpillar
that they call Synedoida. We'll check to see if those are synonymous.
Hmmm, Synedoida has been synonymized with Drasteria and we have no caterpillar images of Drasteria on BugGuide!
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2011 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

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… MJ Hatfield, 2 July, 2011 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

Don't know if you identified the caterpillar yet,
but it looks like Caenurgina, Wagner pg 359
… john and jane balaban, 1 July, 2011 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

 
J&J
Yes, it think you are correct. Thank you!
I seldom even try to ID my caterpillar images if I don't get an adult. Perhaps I'll post them this winter and see what you can do.
… MJ Hatfield, 2 July, 2011 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 1 July, 2011 - 4:23am login or register to post comments

The cocoon looks like a Microplitis
The caterpillar is some kind of noctuid, but I have no idea beyond that.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 June, 2011 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I added a close up
of the cocoon. Do you still think it is a Microplitis?
… MJ Hatfield, 23 June, 2011 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Due to the longitudinal ribbing (more visible in the second shot). Microplitis spp. are associated with noctuids, so that's good supporting evidence. Of course, since you have the wasp, this is a good opportunity to find out if my cocoon IDs can be trusted...
… Charley Eiseman, 23 June, 2011 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm laughting
the second freezer is full of wasps, and beetles, and tiny Leps...
Next winter, I'll get to it next winter.
… MJ Hatfield, 23 June, 2011 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

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