Parasitic Wasps in a Shed
6/9/2009 Home
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Parasitic wasp larvae grow inside a caterpillar, Large White,
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Pieris brassicae. On emerging, larvae make cocoons nearby.
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Parasitic wasps, Apanteles glomeratus, emerge from cocoons
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An emerged Apanteles glomeratus near more cocoons
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Apanteles glomeratus makes fluffy yellow cocoons 3mm long
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Microscope shows empty Apanteles glomeratus cocoon x 40
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Two caterpillars of Large White Butterfly, Pieris brassicae
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Spider has eaten pupating Apanteles glomeratus
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Outside on the shed roof more caterpillars are climbing in
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from the apple tree above (how did they get there?)
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Caterpllars under the shed roof are safer than outdoors ...
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... for pupating, but the wasp finds them anyway.
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This chrysalis of Pieris brassicae may have escaped,
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but another wasp, Pteromalus puparum, probably ate this one.