Ichneumonid Cocoon

Moved

Moved from Cocoons. I deleted that page because they were all Campoplegine cocoons, as Tony Thomas had determined long ago. I've moved the reference he gave on that page to the Campopleginae guide page. I have checked out that reference, and it includes many photos of cocoons identical to the ones on BugGuide.

… Charley Eiseman, 10 January, 2009 - 2:51am

Moved

Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.

… Charley Eiseman, 26 May, 2008 - 7:56pm

So I guess the ruling is

to leave them at the Ichneumonoidea level? I gave it this ID based on comments under

, but it looks like braconids have similar looking cocoons as well.

… Lynette Elliott, 3 October, 2006 - 6:33pm

Looks to us like Tony and Eric

are saying these should all be moved to Ichneumonidae, and Tony even gives a link to deeper in that taxonomy. We would suggest following Tony's ID and moving them all to Campopleginae.

… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2006 - 10:20pm

Reference

added HERE

… A.W. Thomas, 27 May, 2008 - 5:37am

Thanks!

I'll check that book out. The two genera I mentioned are in fact in that subfamily, so there doesn't seem to be any conflicting evidence. I tried moving the ichneumon cocoons section to within Campopleginae, but the system won't let me. I guess for now I'll just add a link to it from the Campopleginae guide.

… Charley Eiseman, 27 May, 2008 - 7:43am

An essay

on MPG
HERE
and on BG under Orgyia leucostigma
HERE

… A.W. Thomas, 3 October, 2006 - 2:37pm

My bad:-)

I ran a similar-looking image by some wasp authorities a few months ago (for verification in the field guide), and the consensus was Ichneumonidae. I can't tell the difference myself.

… Eric R. Eaton, 3 October, 2006 - 2:33pm

We have these in the guide under Braconids

such as

… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2006 - 1:54pm

deleted comment - duplicate

… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2006 - 1:50pm