Parasites on Catalpa Worm by Rachel Pennington

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19-JUN-2008	Rachel Pennington

Parasites on Catalpa Worm

Home in North Georgia, USA

This is the Catalpa worm (or "tauby worm") with larvae from a Braconid Wasp. The wasp lays her eggs just beneath the skin and the wasps feed off of the living worm.

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/250s f/11.0 at 135.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Linda		07-May-2010 04:05
oh how horrible! maybe you could have pulled them off?!

Jola Dziubinska		27-Jun-2008 17:05
Nature's rules. Super find.

Judith Barnett		27-Jun-2008 15:54
Oh gosh, how interesting but.........poor worm!

Guest		27-Jun-2008 14:40
Really interesting series of shots.

Guest		27-Jun-2008 11:58
Wow...that poor worm. Great capture!

Guest		27-Jun-2008 02:54
YIKES. I've read about that but never seen a photo of it. Poor little worm. I think I would have to pull those "suckers" off of it!

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