On Laurel Sphinx larva. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94259304
Size (without antenna) : 6 mm
Host : a young Noctuinae (suspicion of Xestia sp, but very unsure)
Host while puppa : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107942984
Host, mummification in process : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107942914
Host some days before mummification : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107649990
This is for the cocoons. Butterfly observation is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110479805
One of 3 or 4 seen in/on the roses
Wasp that emerged from the cocoon that I found on buckeye. See original observation at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109683989.
hanging from very fine string attached to ocean spray
This is for the cocoons. Butterfly observation is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110479805
************* This spotting is for the parasite cocoons.************
Will link to caterpillar spotting in observation fields.
Size : 4mm
Host : Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Picture 4 : corpse of the caterpillar (almost dead, still moving slowly). The hole the parasite made to get out is visible on the left
Link to the adult : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109296341
Size : 4mm
Host : Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Picture 4 : corpse of the caterpillar (almost dead, still moving slowly). The hole the parasite made to get out is visible on the left
Link to the adult : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109296341
I was rearing a Elachista cucullata leaf miner larva from a sedge. It emerged, then was consumed by a parasitic braconid wasp which was living inside it, which then pupated in a woolly cocoon. That wasp emerged from the pupa by March 15 when I found it. It's about 2 mm long without antenna which are about another 2mm.
Pupa - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107719371
Original observation of the host - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107019469
The host after emerging, before being eaten - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107511235
I was rearing a Elachista cucullata leaf miner larva from a sedge. It emerged a few days ago, and when I looked today it has been consumed by a braconid wasp. The caterpillar is now a husk and the wasp is pupating.
Original observation of the host - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107019469
The host after emerging, before being eaten - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107511235
The emerged wasp - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110141184
I was rearing a Elachista cucullata leaf miner larva from a sedge. It emerged a few days ago, and when I looked today it has been consumed by a braconid wasp. The caterpillar is now a husk and the wasp is pupating.
Original observation of the host - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107019469
The host after emerging, before being eaten - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107511235
The emerged wasp - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110141184