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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Trichogrammatidae
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parasitized
Copyright © 2012 Kim Fleming

parasitized
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
May 1, 2012
parasitized by a chalcid wasp?

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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 3 May, 2012 - 7:45pm
Last updated 4 May, 2012 - 7:00am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 May, 2012 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

How big was this egg?
I'm thinking it's from a saturniid, or possibily a sphingid.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 May, 2012 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
just measured it...
It is ~ 1.5mm wide x nearly 2mm long.
… Kim Fleming, 4 May, 2012 - 5:33am login or register to post comments

 
It reminds me most of a Citheronia egg...
but a bit too small. Could be from one of the smaller royal moths. Here's an example of a Citheronia egg that hatched:

In any case, yours is the egg of a fairly large moth, and since it's a good illustration of what a parasitized egg looks like, I think it belongs in the Trichogrammatidae section along with the wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 May, 2012 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
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… Kim Fleming, 4 May, 2012 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

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