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caterpillar

caterpillar
Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
September 7, 2013

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Parasitized by wasp something like this to me... (not an ID)


 
parasitized by wasp
That looks a bit similar, too; it is very difficult to tell what this was.

Moved

shriveled corpse of a fungus victim, ID could be problematic
Moved from ID Request.

 
fungus victim
Thanks for explaining. I wondered if it was some infection. I found another caterpillar on another plant with this, too. I hope it is not widespread as I only found two. I can delete it. Thanks for your help.

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