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Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp (Cotesia congregata)
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Copyright © 2011
Kuan-Hsiang Huang
Manduca sexta and parasite wasp cocoon -
Cotesia congregata
Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
August 28, 2011
Size: 2 inches
Found this tobacco hornworm on my tomato plant. The wasps just came out and the build the cocoons. I peeled it open and found a larvae inside. I took some close up pictures of the caterpilliar and the parasites. They can be viewed on on my microscope blog:
http://practical-microscopy.blogspot.com/2011/08/tobacco-hornworm-manduca-sexta-and.html
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Contributed by
Kuan-Hsiang Huang
on 31 August, 2011 - 9:55pm
Last updated 8 November, 2021 - 5:19pm
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 8 November, 2021 - 5:19pm
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, 19 February, 2018 - 6:26pm
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John S. Ascher
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Cotesia…
The parasitoids that develop will likely be those of Cotesia congregata, a braconid wasp specialist that often attacks this moth species.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 31 August, 2011 - 10:36pm
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