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Subfamily: Campopleginae Parasitic wasp cocoon.
Under leaf in a small bush. Savanna/forest habitat.
Campopleginae are koinobiont endoparasitoids mainly of Lepidoptera and Symphyta but also of Coleoptera Raphidiidae There are 65 genera and this is one of the most commonly encountered subfamilies. Many of the genera are poorly defined and difficult to identify.They are small slender black insects with a compressed abdomen and the clypeus is confluent with the rest of the face.
Spotted on Apr 6, 2014
Submitted on May 17, 2014
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6 Comments
That is a great contribution Stho! Thank you!!
You can narrow it down a little to subfamily Campopleginae
That is a great start Kel and Eric. I just read that it is a huge family with more than 100,000 species. Wow! Thank you both!
I agree, cocoon of an ichneumon wasp.
My dream to find an Ichneumon cocoon. : (
Ichneumonidae wasp cocoon