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Wasp (Ichneumonidae) observed investigating butterfly chrysalis - Hoplismenus morulus - female

Wasp (Ichneumonidae) observed investigating butterfly chrysalis - Hoplismenus morulus - Female
Naselle, Pacific County, Washington, USA
August 8, 2009
Size: 15 mm excluding antennae
This ichneumon wasp, collected by Ann Musche of Naselle, WA, was observed investigating (flying at) a California tortoise-shell chrysalis (Nymphalis californica; Nymphalidae). The chrysalis responded by swinging wildly.

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