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Manduca Sexta
Tobacco worm (very similar to a tomato worm) on my tomato plant.
This is a great spotting, Greg. Could you please add it to the "Arthropods parasitised by other arthropods" mission? http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1338...
Fasicnating photos, and the info as well. Thanks for sharing, Yvette. And thanks, Greg, for sharing the photos!
Your Tobacco Hornworm has been parasitized by a Braconid Wasp. The Braconid lays eggs by “injecting” them into the Hornworm with an ovipositor. The larval Braconids feed upon the internal organs of the Hornworm, eventually emerging to pupate on the surface, which your photograph illustrates. Poor worm. :(
Spotted on Aug 3, 2011
Submitted on Aug 21, 2011
