Saddleback Caterpillar Parasitoid Wasp

Cotesia empretiae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae

The spiny oak slug (Euclea delphinii) is the larval form (caterpillar) of a moth in the family Limacodidae. Life cycle There is one generation a year in most of the northern parts of its range, with caterpillars seen from late June to October (Wagner 2005). Two generations or more from Missouri south.

Distribution

Saddleback Caterpillar Parasitoid Wasp — (c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 10

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA DescriptionSpiny oak slug, Wikipedia contributors

Saddleback Caterpillar Parasitoid Wasp

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