Massa cotonosa de fios de seda

Description:

Massa cotonosa de fios de seda com cerca de 10 cm, presa a uma folha de Ficus benjamina, envolvendo casulos de vespas parasitas (Possivelmente Apanteles sp. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)). Lagarta hospedeira: Pachylia.

Habitat:

Ficus benjamina. Quintal.

Notes:

http://pikul.lib.ku.ac.th/insect/014-021...

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5 Comments

Sintija Valucka 10 years ago

wow, I tried to translate the text (under that photo) with the help of google translate :D
amazing!!!!
Thank you for sharing! :)

Sckel 10 years ago

Here at this link is a photo I found on the web (http://quasarghost.zip.net/arch2008-03-0...).
You can see that the caterpillar is full of small holes, possibly made by the wasps birth. Thank you again. :))

Sintija Valucka 10 years ago

Sounds so interesting!!! :))
Amazing spotting and observations! :))

Sckel 10 years ago

Oi, sintija.valucka. :) It is made of silk. and makes you sneeze a lot. I stayed a week investigating this, and discovered that there was a caterpillar within that nest. There was no caterpillar near the nest when I found it. The host plant is Ficus benjamina. The caterpillar parasitized is: Pachylia ficus. The wasps were born a week after was I found this nest, after a storm. Are tiny, like fig wasps. Thanks.