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Braconid Wasp - Meteorus - female
Copyright © 2014 Mitch Akutsu

Braconid Wasp - Meteorus - Female
Walpole, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
July 22, 2014
Size: about 0.75 cm in length
while rearing a larva of Herpetogramma theseusalis, I noticed red blotches just under the skin. The next day an ovoid pupa was present in the vial with the dead caterpillar. This is the guy who emerged.

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Contributed by Mitch Akutsu on 24 July, 2014 - 9:21am
Last updated 24 July, 2014 - 7:32pm

Moved
Meteorus confirmed by Dr. Paul Marsh.

Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 24 July, 2014 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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I am assuming this to be Meteorus, and the ovoid "pupa" sounds like a Meteorus cocoon. Compare:


Note that, in contrast to the TV ad for State Farm auto insurance, this "guy" is a female. What I don't find is records for Meteorus from Herpetogramma theseusalis, but, looking under Meteorus associates, I did find a record for Herpetogramma licarsisalis, which evidently isn't known from the continental USA.

Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 24 July, 2014 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Yes, the cocoon looked very similar to that (I uploaded a picture of it). I've had three of these appear in a group of 60 H. theseusalis so far. Thanks for the help!
… Mitch Akutsu, 25 July, 2014 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 July, 2014 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

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