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Another poor caterpillar parasitized.

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3 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 4 years ago

@Brian38: Thank you; @Saturniidae27: We have had very hot days here. With so many holes in its body, I guess the caterpillar just dried away.

Saturniidae27
Saturniidae27 4 years ago

It looks like the caterpillar shrunk in size because of how many Parasitoid wasp eggs are on it.

Brian38
Brian38 4 years ago

Truely amazing Sergio!

Sergio Monteiro
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Sergio Monteiro

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 30, 2019
Submitted on Dec 31, 2019

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