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What drilled this caterpillar? - Aleiodes stigmator

What drilled this caterpillar? - Aleiodes stigmator
Sudbury, Fairbank Lake, Ontario, Canada
June 22, 2012
Size: 3.5cm
Would what ever have drilled it been a parasite?
I thought I saw tiny insects escape as I picked it up?
Sorry I know you do not want dead entries but this was just so strange.

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Moved from ID Request.
Aleiodes stigmator is the only gregarious mummy-wasp in eastern North America, so a caterpillar mummy with multiple exit holes has to be the work of this species.

Look at this one:
. Actually, entries like this can help with other people who might have the same question. It can also help show insect habits. We just don't want stepped on, smushed-on-the-sidewalk kind of things.

Really creepy, but
cool. Maybe its a fossilized toothbrush without the brushes. :-) Whenever I see photos like this...I'm glad I'm not a bug! :-)

Braconid wasp, perhaps?


But there may be other possibilities, so wait for additional comments.

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