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Tobacco hornworm with braconid cocoons and unknown adult wasp (close up) - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2013 Win Ott

Tobacco hornworm with braconid cocoons and unknown adult wasp (close up) - Manduca sexta
Waterloo, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
September 29, 2013
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Contributed by Win Ott on 29 September, 2013 - 9:15pm
Last updated 30 September, 2013 - 8:43am

The Adult Wasp
The adult wasp does not appear to be Cotesia congregata, the species that made the cocoons. Perhaps the wasp is an ichneumonid hyperparasitoid, and the antennae seem to be somewhat like those of this image which I placed as Phygadeuontini:

Perhaps both could represent the subtribe Acrolytina such as Acrolyta mesochori and Lysibia mandibularis, which are reported as associates of Cotesia congregata on TaxaPad.
… Bob Carlson, 29 September, 2013 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Yes your picture does look like this wasp. So is the adult wasp preying on the larvae of C congregata?
… Win Ott, 30 September, 2013 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
No
The wasp, which is a female, would presumably be looking for cocoons with larvae in a state of development suitable for ovipositing into (i.e. into the cocoon, but on the outside of the larva).
… Bob Carlson, 30 September, 2013 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

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