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Lepidoptera and parasitoid pupal case - Caenurgina

Lepidoptera and parasitoid pupal case - Caenurgina
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
June 22, 2010
This was interesting. The larva was still alive after the wasp emerged and it was stiff fiesty. It died 6/24/10.

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Moved from ID Request.

Defending the parasitoid
Neat--see the videos noted under pp. 111-112 here. (The embedded videos aren't working right now, for some reason, but the links should still work.)

 
Neat...
For insights into parasitoid/host behavior, scroll down and watch the "gruesome video".

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