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Parasitoid Larvae

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This is a close-up of the parasitoid larvae emerging from the Sphinx moth Caterpillar posted before. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/693... You can even see how they start building the silk cocoon. I will probably post a Clip later.

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10 Comments

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

Thanks Bhagya and Gilma

It gives me...goose pumps!! It is kind of disgusting but very interesting... : o

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

amazing spotting......

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

Thanks Jolly and Arya

Arya
Arya 10 years ago

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 10 years ago

What an encounter! You are very lucky to be able to document this occurrence. Thanks Juan for sharing.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

Thanks guys!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Very impressive indeed. I will have dinner late tonight. :)

Yikes! Great series.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Nature in action! Great series!

Juan DiTrani
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Juan DiTrani

Panama

Spotted on Nov 5, 2013
Submitted on Nov 7, 2013

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